# Jamal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamal/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “beauty” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,501 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33,235 / 266 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,601, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic جَمَال (jamāl, “beauty”).

## What it means

Jamal is grouped under beauty.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 8 | 7,663 |
| 1982 | 14 | 5,032 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,562 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6,465 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,685 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,327 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,286 |
| 1988 | 14 | 5,717 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,300 |
| 1990 | 12 | 7,046 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,921 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,943 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,981 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,023 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,333 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 351 | 673 |
| 2012 | 345 | 690 |
| 2013 | 303 | 752 |
| 2014 | 306 | 766 |
| 2015 | 330 | 739 |
| 2016 | 353 | 703 |
| 2017 | 308 | 762 |
| 2018 | 305 | 768 |
| 2019 | 258 | 860 |
| 2020 | 245 | 912 |
| 2021 | 267 | 868 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,087 |
| 2023 | 211 | 1,036 |
| 2024 | 175 | 1,184 |
| 2025 | 169 | 1,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 407 |
| 2012 | 77 | 492 |
| 2013 | 66 | 546 |
| 2014 | 76 | 509 |
| 2015 | 63 | 586 |
| 2016 | 66 | 565 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 51 | 675 |
| 2019 | 60 | 610 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 50 | 695 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 57 | 625 |
| 2024 | 45 | 757 |
| 2025 | 59 | 627 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَمَال
- Chinese: 賈邁勒 /贾迈勒
- French: Jamal
- German: Dschamal
- Polish: Dżamal
- Romanian: Geamal
- Russian: Джама́л
- Turkish: Cemal

## People named Jamal

- Jamal Musiala, German footballer (born 2003)
- Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player (born 1997)
- Jamal Crawford, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Jamal Blackman, English association football player (born 1993)
- Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Jamal Zahalka, Arab politician in Israel
- Jamal Alioui, French and Moroccan footballer (born 1982)
- Jamal Bhuyan, Bangladeshi football player
- Jamal Adams, American football player (born 1995)
- Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jamal Rashid, footballer
- Jamal Shead, American basketball player (born 2002)

## 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.