# Jamel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamel/  
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 | 11,592 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,225 / 367 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 200, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 12 | 5,661 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5,474 |
| 1986 | 16 | 4,815 |
| 1987 | 12 | 6,068 |
| 1988 | 13 | 6,024 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,176 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,511 |
| 1991 | 13 | 6,747 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,923 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,945 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,291 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,056 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,409 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,309 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,782 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,189 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,255 |
| 2013 | 139 | 1,258 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,554 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,422 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,581 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,560 |
| 2018 | 88 | 1,752 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,923 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,821 |
| 2021 | 83 | 1,859 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,257 |
| 2023 | 55 | 2,454 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,809 |
| 2025 | 46 | 2,779 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17 | 1,190 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Jamel

- Jamel McLean, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Jamel Artis, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Jamel Herring, American boxer
- Jamel Morris, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Ja Morant, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Freddie Gibbs, American rapper

## 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.