Jamel Boy
How popular is Jamel?
#2,764 boy name in 2025
46 baby boys were named Jamel in the US in 2025, making it the 2764th most popular boy name.
Jamel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,764 for boys (▲ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 46 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,416 in 2015, #1,815 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (360 boys) |
| Highest rank | #467 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jamal family of names ranked #783 for boys in 2025 (#743 the year before), with 297 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jamal | 169 | 57% |
| Jamil | 48 | 16% |
| Jamel | 46 | 15% |
| Jamell | 20 | 7% |
| Jamall | 7 | 2% |
| Jamelle | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jamel is most popular
Babies named Jamel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
Jamel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #3,679 |
| 1960s | 134 | #1,136 |
| 1970s | 1,713 | #472 |
| 1980s | 3,072 | #467 |
| 1990s | 2,725 | #518 |
| 2000s | 1,985 | #789 |
| 2010s | 1,205 | #1,082 |
| 2020s | 376 | #1,815 |
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Questions
- Is Jamel a boy or girl name?
- Jamel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamel were boys.
- How popular is the name Jamel?
- 46 baby boys were named Jamel in the US in 2025, making it the 2764th most popular boy name.
- When was Jamel most popular?
- Jamel peaked in 1988, when 360 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #467 in 1983.
- How many people are named Jamel?
- 11,592 babies have been named Jamel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,121 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Jamel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamel was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.