How popular is the name Jamaal?

Jamaal ranks 1,169th among boys' names in US records, with 8,561 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 489.

Is Jamaal a unisex name?

No. Jamaal is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1982, when 715 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,169 of boy names

Pronounced JH AE1 M AH0 AE1 L (ARPABET)

Jamaal is a boys' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 8,561 children — the 1,169th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 489 births across the past decade, against a peak of 715 in a single year. That peak was in 1982.

1982Boys: 715Girls: 9

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jamaal?: Jamaal ranks 1,169th among boys' names in US records, with 8,561 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 489.
Is Jamaal a unisex name?: No. Jamaal is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jamaal most popular?: 1982, when 715 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.