Boys' name · since 1972
Jamael
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.
- #8,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 417
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamael is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 417 have been recorded since 1972.
Jamael has 417 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2024.
- #8,807 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 417 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamael ranks #8,807 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 417 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 417
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamael's 417 recorded births place it above 80.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamael's full recorded timeline at 1995, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (1989)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Jamael by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (151 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Jamael's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jamael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
151 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 151 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jamael's decade-level peak was the 1980s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jamael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jamael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.