Jarmal — boys' name
266 babies named Jarmal in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
266 boys have been named Jarmal since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2010.
- 266
- total births
- 1972–2010
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Jarmal was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Jarmal in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarmal
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Jarmal between 1972 and 2010, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarmal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarmal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jarmal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jarmal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarmal 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 266 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.
Jarmal at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarmal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1972
- Peak year (1989)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
266 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 25 births in a single year.
Jarmal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 119 births that decade — 45% of Jarmal's all-time total
Jarmal decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jarmal's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Jarmal by state
Where Jarmal concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 266 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 2.3% 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, 1972–2010 (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.