Jamal
Boy · ja-MAHL · Arabic
Jamal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the UK (59 babies) and 1,196th for boys in the US (169 babies).
What does Jamal mean?
Arabic
“beauty”
Gamal, as in Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, is the Egyptian pronunciation of the same name.
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Is Jamal a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 boys in the UK and 169 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were named Jamal, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 139 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jamal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 62 boys in the UK were given Jamal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #601, up from #675 for this spelling alone.
- Jamal 59
- Jamaal 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales.
Jamal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #675 |
| 2024 | 55 | #711 |
| 2023 | 64 | #628 |
| 2022 | 47 | #774 |
| 2021 | 51 | #754 |
| 2020 | 45 | #778 |
| 2019 | 60 | #656 |
| 2018 | 51 | #741 |
| 2017 | 53 | #727 |
| 2016 | 66 | #612 |
| 2015 | 67 | #603 |
| 2014 | 76 | #555 |
| 2013 | 68 | #582 |
| 2012 | 80 | #529 |
| 2011 | 101 | #432 |
| 2010 | 91 | #457 |
| 2009 | 108 | #402 |
| 2008 | 84 | #476 |
| 2007 | 100 | #404 |
| 2006 | 104 | #370 |
| 2005 | 117 | #304 |
| 2004 | 125 | #289 |
| 2003 | 134 | #263 |
| 2002 | 113 | #281 |
| 2001 | 117 | #271 |
| 2000 | 106 | #294 |
| 1999 | 135 | #254 |
| 1998 | 133 | #251 |
| 1997 | 121 | #265 |
| 1996 | 139 | #245 |
How popular is Jamal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,196among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 169 boys in the US were named Jamal, making it the 1,196th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 1,245 boys. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had fewer boys named Jamal than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Jamal in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 boys in the US were given Jamal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #982, up from #1,196 for this spelling alone.
Jamal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,196 |
| 2024 | 175 | #1,181 |
| 2023 | 211 | #1,034 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,084 |
| 2021 | 267 | #868 |
| 2020 | 245 | #910 |
| 2019 | 258 | #859 |
| 2018 | 305 | #768 |
| 2017 | 308 | #761 |
| 2016 | 353 | #702 |
| 2015 | 330 | #739 |
| 2014 | 306 | #766 |
| 2013 | 303 | #751 |
| 2012 | 345 | #690 |
| 2011 | 351 | #673 |
| 2010 | 407 | #609 |
| 2009 | 410 | #613 |
| 2008 | 456 | #567 |
| 2007 | 483 | #532 |
| 2006 | 514 | #504 |
| 2005 | 553 | #463 |
| 2004 | 589 | #442 |
| 2003 | 655 | #398 |
| 2002 | 726 | #363 |
| 2001 | 786 | #346 |
| 2000 | 726 | #365 |
| 1999 | 798 | #335 |
| 1998 | 689 | #372 |
| 1997 | 835 | #317 |
| 1996 | 988 | #282 |
| 1995 | 1,059 | #266 |
| 1994 | 1,231 | #240 |
| 1993 | 1,245 | #233 |
| 1992 | 1,196 | #240 |
| 1991 | 1,112 | #249 |
| 1990 | 1,112 | #247 |
| 1989 | 1,104 | #239 |
| 1988 | 1,020 | #237 |
| 1987 | 988 | #237 |
| 1986 | 807 | #269 |
| 1985 | 620 | #323 |
| 1984 | 517 | #353 |
| 1983 | 466 | #374 |
| 1982 | 561 | #335 |
| 1981 | 523 | #343 |
| 1980 | 581 | #327 |
| 1979 | 526 | #343 |
| 1978 | 553 | #317 |
| 1977 | 583 | #319 |
| 1976 | 552 | #320 |
| 1975 | 469 | #357 |
| 1974 | 458 | #359 |
| 1973 | 418 | #376 |
| 1972 | 434 | #377 |
| 1971 | 414 | #398 |
| 1970 | 284 | #477 |
| 1969 | 255 | #479 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
Names like Jamal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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