Jamaul — boys' name
528 babies named Jamaul in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Jamaul was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Jamaul in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamaul
The Social Security Administration has registered 528 babies named Jamaul between 1970 and 2022, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamaul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaul performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamaul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamaul in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaul 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 528 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.
Jamaul at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamaul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1970
- Peak year (1994)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
528 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 26 births in a single year.
Jamaul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 173 births that decade — 33% of Jamaul's all-time total
Jamaul decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamaul's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jamaul by state
Where Jamaul concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 528 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% 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, 1970–2022 (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.