NameTides

Jamal

Jamal was the #1,196 boys' name in the US in 2025 (169 babies), and #627 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Jamal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jamal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Jamal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,196 (169)#627 (59)——#699 (39)
2024#1,181 (175)#757 (45)#352 (10)—#767 (34)
2023#1,034 (211)#625 (57)#435 (7)#660 (4)#911 (26)
2022#1,084 (201)#731 (45)—#779 (3)#763 (33)
2021#868 (267)#695 (50)—#552 (5)#853 (29)
2020#910 (245)#766 (41)#599 (4)—#822 (29)
2019#859 (258)#610 (60)—#764 (3)#819 (29)
2018#768 (305)#675 (51)—#749 (3)#748 (33)
2017#761 (308)#673 (52)—#710 (3)#890 (26)
2016#702 (353)#565 (66)——#938 (24)
2015#739 (330)#586 (63)#588 (4)—#923 (24)
2014#766 (306)#509 (76)—#715 (3)#1,003 (21)
2013#751 (303)#546 (66)——#809 (29)
2012#690 (345)#492 (77)#669 (3)—#733 (32)
2011#673 (351)#407 (98)#648 (3)#730 (3)#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #240.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jamal is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,700 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jamal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #809FL
Jamal (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#57920

Jamal (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JamalCanadaBoys#69939
JamalEngland & WalesBoys#62759
JamalIrelandBoys—too few
JamalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JamalScotlandBoys—too few
JamalUSGirls—too few
JamalUSBoys#1,196169