Jamael — #11157 US boys' name
417 babies named Jamael in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Jamael was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jamael in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamael
The Social Security Administration has registered 417 babies named Jamael between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamael currently holds the #11157 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamael performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamael 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 417 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.
Jamael at a glance
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Current rank
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Jamael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1989)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #11157 among boys.
417 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 23 births in a single year.
Jamael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 151 births that decade — 36% of Jamael's all-time total
Jamael decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamael's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.