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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jamelle

Jamelle was the 10111th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1007th; the most babies were born in 1988 (93). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,015 places. More babies were named Jamelle in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,111 boys, down 126 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
7boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
198893 babies
Total since 1880
1,198babies recorded

Jamelle popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#10,111—7
2020—#9,985—7
2010—#6,851—12
2000—#7,067—9
1990#11,946#2,341630
1980#6,062#2,7771117
1970#3,635—17—
1960#5,966—6—
1950#5,616—5—
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How popular is Jamelle, counting every spelling?

Jamelle 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.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Jamel46#2,779294
Jameel19#5,108132
Jamell20#4,92887

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 Jamelle?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamelle (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jamelle 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 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamelle.

Chance of another Jamelle in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Jamelle?

About 800 people born in the US named Jamelle are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 26 and 40. That makes Jamelle mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Jamelle by state

How common Jamelle was among boys born in each state in 1986–1990, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (2.9×), Florida (1.9×). In 39 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNC0.10South Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesSC0.04District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesOK0.17Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jamelle, boys, 1986–1990. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jamelle: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamelle, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jamelle

How popular is the name Jamelle?

Jamelle was the 10111th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1007th; the most babies were born in 1988 (93). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,015 places. More babies were named Jamelle in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Jamelle a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jamelle in the US.

Where was Jamelle most popular?

In 1986–1990, Jamelle was most common in Oklahoma (0.17 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Florida.