Jamahl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jamahl

The Social Security Administration has registered 734 babies named Jamahl between 1969 and 2020, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamahl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamahl performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jamahl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamahl in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamahl 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 734 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.