Jamal is an established boys' name that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.
Jamal is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,197 for boy births in the United States (and #2,474 across all names), given to 169 babies. Jamal first appears in 1946 and peaked in 1993 (1,245 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,197 |
| 2024 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,184 |
| 2023 | 211 | 211 | — | #1,036 |
| 2022 | 201 | 201 | — | #1,087 |
| 2021 | 267 | 267 | — | #868 |
| 2020 | 245 | 245 | — | #912 |
| 2019 | 258 | 258 | — | #860 |
| 2018 | 305 | 305 | — | #768 |
| 2017 | 308 | 308 | — | #762 |
| 2016 | 353 | 353 | — | #703 |
| 2015 | 330 | 330 | — | #739 |
| 2014 | 306 | 306 | — | #766 |
| 2013 | 303 | 303 | — | #752 |
| 2012 | 345 | 345 | — | #690 |
| 2011 | 351 | 351 | — | #673 |
| 2010 | 407 | 407 | — | #609 |
| 2009 | 410 | 410 | — | #613 |
| 2008 | 456 | 456 | — | #567 |
| 2007 | 483 | 483 | — | #532 |
| 2006 | 514 | 514 | — | #505 |
| 2005 | 553 | 553 | — | #463 |
| 2004 | 589 | 589 | — | #442 |
| 2003 | 655 | 664 | — | #398 |
| 2002 | 726 | 726 | — | #363 |
| 2001 | 786 | 791 | — | #346 |
| 2000 | 726 | 726 | — | #366 |
| 1999 | 804 | 804 | #13,333 | #335 |
| 1998 | 689 | 689 | — | #372 |
| 1997 | 835 | — | — | #317 |
| 1996 | 995 | — | #11,023 | #282 |
| 1995 | 1,066 | — | #10,981 | #266 |
| 1994 | 1,231 | — | — | #240 |
| 1993 | 1,253 | — | #9,943 | #233 |
| 1992 | 1,203 | — | #10,921 | #240 |
| 1991 | 1,112 | — | — | #249 |
| 1990 | 1,124 | — | #7,046 | #247 |
| 1989 | 1,113 | — | #8,300 | #239 |
| 1988 | 1,034 | — | #5,717 | #237 |
| 1987 | 996 | — | #8,286 | #238 |
| 1986 | 818 | — | #6,327 | #269 |
| 1985 | 627 | — | #8,685 | #323 |
| 1984 | 527 | — | #6,465 | #354 |
| 1983 | 474 | — | #7,562 | #374 |
| 1982 | 575 | — | #5,032 | #336 |
| 1981 | 531 | — | #7,663 | #343 |
| 1980 | 594 | — | #5,343 | #327 |
| 1979 | 540 | — | #4,926 | #343 |
| 1978 | 563 | — | #6,112 | #317 |
| 1977 | 590 | — | #7,840 | #319 |
| 1976 | 567 | — | #4,222 | #320 |
| 1975 | 477 | — | #6,740 | #357 |
| 1974 | 467 | — | #5,932 | #359 |
| 1973 | 425 | — | #6,929 | #376 |
| 1972 | 445 | — | #4,903 | #377 |
| 1971 | 419 | — | #8,809 | #399 |
| 1970 | 293 | — | #5,556 | #477 |
| 1969 | 261 | — | #6,947 | #480 |
| 1968 | 95 | — | #5,863 | #790 |
| 1967 | 40 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1966 | 46 | — | #4,635 | #1,247 |
| 1965 | 22 | — | — | #1,691 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1963 | 26 | — | — | #1,559 |
| 1962 | 24 | — | — | #1,642 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | — | #1,714 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | — | #1,837 |
| 1959 | 28 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | — | #1,928 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | — | #2,138 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | — | #3,349 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,601 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | — | #3,539 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #3,956 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,488 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #3,991 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,338 |