Jamell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-MEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Jamell is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Jamell mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamel, itself a spelling of Jamal
“beauty”
Meaning borrowed from Jamel.
Is Jamell a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Jamell, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Jamell in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were given Jamell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,775, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 37% of the babies named Jamell in the US in 1972, and 9% in 1984.
Jamell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,353 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,282 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,253 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,201 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,124 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,133 |
| 1983 | 49 | #1,326 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,154 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
Names like Jamell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob Jordan Ali Justin Maxwell Jared Jason Khalil Jamal Jonah Omar Joshua
Other spellings of Jamell
Names related to Jamell
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jamell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamell, updated 20 October 2026.