How Many People Are Named Jamal?
people named Jamal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,663 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,501 babies named Jamal in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,253 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "beauty" in Arabic. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was a political activist who promoted pan-Islamism in the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jamal, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 3.8% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamal alive today is about 31 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamal first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1993, to 1,253 babies. In 2025, 169 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jamal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #233, in 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,197.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,197 |
| Best rank | #233 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #271 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamal were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,793 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamal was given 6.5 times as often in District of Columbia, 3 times in Maryland and 2.6 times in Louisiana.
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