# Jamaal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamaal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,587 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,542 / 45 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 435, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 8,531 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,349 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,016 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7,097 |
| 1983 | 9 | 6,927 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,376 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,835 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,879 |
| 2012 | 82 | 1,805 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,148 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,217 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,122 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,018 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,026 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,860 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,504 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,235 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,671 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,564 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,197 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,419 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4,078 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Jamaal

- Jamaal Lascelles, English association football player (born 1993)
- Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player (born 1953)
- Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player (born 1978)
- Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player (born 1978)
- Jamaal Bowman, American politician and educator (born 1976)
- Jamaal Torrance, American sprinter
- Jamaal Franklin, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Jamaal Charles, American football player
- Jamaal Williams, American football player (born 1995)
- Trevor Keels, American basketball player (born 2003)
- AJ Johnson, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Dez Wells, American basketball player (born 1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.