Jamell
Jamell was the 4928th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 1128th; the most babies were born in 1989 (74). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,003 places. More babies were named Jamell in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,928 boys, up 195 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 20boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198974 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,240babies recorded
Jamell popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 75 since 1967.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,928 | 20 |
| 2020 | #5,123 | 18 |
| 2010 | #2,703 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,352 | 41 |
| 1990 | #1,292 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,158 | 62 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jamell, counting every spelling?
Jamell is a spelling of Jamel, a name family that had 92 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 92 boys in 2025.
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 Jamell?
20 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamell (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jamell 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 423 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamell.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jamell?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Jamell are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 20 and 41. That makes Jamell 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jamell: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamell, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jamell
How popular is the name Jamell?
Jamell was the 4928th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 1128th; the most babies were born in 1989 (74). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,003 places. More babies were named Jamell in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jamell a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jamell in the US.