Jahmel — #6256 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jahmel

The Social Security Administration has registered 660 babies named Jahmel between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahmel currently holds the #6256 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahmel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jahmel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 193 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jahmel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jahmel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 660 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.