Jamel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-MEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Jamel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Jamel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamal
“beauty”
Is Jamel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jamel in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jamel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Jamel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Jamel, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 360 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Jamel in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were given Jamel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,775, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 22% of the babies named Jamel in the US in 1969, and 2% in 2003.
Jamel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,554 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,575 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,551 |
| 2013 | 139 | #1,255 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,249 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,183 |
| 2010 | 178 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | 205 | #973 |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,041 |
| 2007 | 205 | #959 |
| 2006 | 194 | #958 |
| 2005 | 207 | #879 |
| 2004 | 182 | #929 |
| 2003 | 200 | #860 |
| 2002 | 218 | #789 |
| 2001 | 191 | #844 |
| 2000 | 201 | #799 |
| 1999 | 237 | #704 |
| 1998 | 214 | #750 |
| 1997 | 201 | #745 |
| 1996 | 247 | #666 |
| 1995 | 227 | #699 |
| 1994 | 301 | #596 |
| 1993 | 287 | #614 |
| 1992 | 307 | #582 |
| 1991 | 345 | #546 |
| 1990 | 359 | #518 |
| 1989 | 347 | #513 |
| 1988 | 360 | #485 |
| 1987 | 331 | #486 |
| 1986 | 328 | #481 |
| 1985 | 303 | #499 |
| 1984 | 287 | #500 |
| 1983 | 319 | #467 |
| 1982 | 283 | #505 |
| 1981 | 238 | #549 |
| 1980 | 276 | #510 |
| 1979 | 273 | #505 |
| 1978 | 295 | #472 |
| 1977 | 235 | #542 |
| 1976 | 230 | #532 |
| 1975 | 185 | #593 |
| 1974 | 151 | #655 |
| 1973 | 136 | #683 |
| 1972 | 93 | #836 |
| 1971 | 78 | #920 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,136 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
Names like Jamel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Muhammad, Hassan, Hamza, Jamal, Abdullah, Khalid, Bilal, Mustafa, Umar, Amir, Syed
Other spellings of Jamel
Names related to Jamel
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jamel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamel, updated 20 October 2026.