Jamaal
Jamaal was the 4078th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 286th with 715 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,956 places. More babies were named Jamaal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Jamal) "beauty" · Arabic
- Rank in 2025
- #4,078 boys, down 843 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982715 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,587babies recorded
What does the name Jamaal mean?
Jamaal is a spelling of Jamal, pronounced the same way, so it shares Jamal's meaning and origin.
Jamal is an Arabic name from jamāl, "beauty", from the Arabic root j-m-l. Wikipedia notes that it is popular in the Arab and Muslim worlds and among African Americans, and is usually but not always masculine. It was most popular in the US in the 1990s; Jamar is a related American form.
جَمَال (Arabic, “jamāl, beauty”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Jamaal, Jamar, Jamil, Jameela.
See also: Arabic names, names that mean beautiful.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jamal', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Jamal', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Jamaal popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 45 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,078 | 26 |
| 2020 | #3,235 | 35 |
| 2010 | #1,730 | 88 |
| 2000 | #1,223 | 110 |
| 1990 | #671 | 228 |
| 1980 | #382 | 446 |
| 1970 | #4,467 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jamaal, counting every spelling?
Jamaal is a spelling of Jamal, a name family that ranked #1,024 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,078 for Jamaal on its own. Together these spellings went to 202 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal | 169 | #1,197 | 1,023 |
| Jamaal | 26 | #4,078 | 178 |
| Jamall | 7 | #10,110 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jamaal?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamaal (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jamaal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamaal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jamaal?
About 8,100 people born in the US named Jamaal are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 27 and 44. That makes Jamaal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jamaal by state
How common Jamaal was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jamaal: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamaal, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jamaal
What does Jamaal mean?
Jamaal is a spelling of Jamal, which means “"beauty"” (Arabic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Jamaal?
Jamaal was the 4078th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 286th with 715 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,956 places. More babies were named Jamaal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jamaal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jamaal in the US.
Where is Jamaal most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jamaal was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Texas.