Boys' name · since 1981
Jameal
224 babies named Jameal in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,290 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jameal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 224 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jameal has been recorded 224 times among boys since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2015.
- #12,290 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 224 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jameal ranks #12,290 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 224 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,290 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jameal's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jameal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jameal splits its recorded history at 1996: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jameal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2015
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jameal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (89 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Jameal's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jameal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 89 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Jameal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jameal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1981–2015 (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 Jameal 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.