Jamale — boys' name
495 babies named Jamale 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.
37% of everyone ever named Jamale was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Jamale in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamale
The Social Security Administration has registered 495 babies named Jamale between 1972 and 2020, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamale performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamale in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamale 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 495 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.
Jamale at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1972
- Peak year (1989)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
495 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 27 births in a single year.
Jamale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 182 births that decade — 37% of Jamale's all-time total
Jamale decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamale's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Jamale by state
Where Jamale concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 495 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2020 (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.