Jamelle — #11158 US boys' name
809 babies named Jamelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Jamelle was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Jamelle in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 809 babies named Jamelle between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamelle currently holds the #11158 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 93 babies received it in a single year. Jamelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 382 additional births since 1948.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamelle in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamelle 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 809 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.
Jamelle at a glance
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Current rank
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Jamelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1988)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #11158 among boys.
809 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 93 births in a single year.
Jamelle popularity over time — girls
382 total births recorded since 1948 (Jamelle as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jamelle accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 397 births that decade — 49% of Jamelle's all-time total
Jamelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 397 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamelle's strongest decade
397 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Jamelle by state
Where Jamelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 26 | 3.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 26 | 3.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 24 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 18 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.7% |
27 of 809 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jamelle appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1972–2024 (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.