How Many People Are Named Jamaal?
people named Jamaal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 41,742 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,587 babies named Jamaal in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
724 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of JAMAL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jamaal, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamaal alive today is about 34 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamaal first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1982, to 724 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jamaal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #286, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,077.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,077 |
| Best rank | #286 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #441 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamaal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamaal were born in New York than in any other state: about 647 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamaal was given 4.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.1 times in Georgia and 2.5 times in Maryland.
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