Jamel — #2841 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jamel

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,178 babies named Jamel between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamel currently holds the #2841 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 360 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,072 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jamel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,605 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamel in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamel 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 11,178 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.