Boys' name · since 1971
Jamol
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 188 babies named Jamol, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 188
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jamol is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 188 have been recorded since 1971.
Jamol has 188 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2018.
- #13,341 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 188 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamol ranks #13,341 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 188
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jamol's 188 recorded births place it above 70.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jamol splits its recorded history at 1984: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jamol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2018
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jamol by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (69 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Jamol's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jamol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 69 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Jamol's decade-level peak was the 1970s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Jamol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1971–2018 (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 Jamol 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.