Jamala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamala

The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Jamala between 1972 and 2001, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamala performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jamala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamala 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 103 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.