Jamaal — #3409 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jamaal

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,516 babies named Jamaal between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamaal currently holds the #3409 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 715 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,890 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamaal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 685 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamaal in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaal 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 8,516 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.