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Jamal Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Jamal?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Jamal, ranked the 766th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Jamal has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #233 was reached in 1993 with 1,245 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jamal was less than 5, most recently in 1955.

Approximately during the years 1955-1959, 1965-1971, 1973-1976, and 1983-1989, the name Jamal took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1994-1998, and 2001-2004 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Jamal has steadily decreased in popularity. however, the number of children named Jamal lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jamal?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Jamal still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Jamal (Girl)Jamal (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 302 766
2017 < 5 -- 308 760
2016 < 5 -- 353 699
2015 < 5 -- 330 738
2014 < 5 -- 306 765
2013 < 5 -- 302 753
2012 < 5 -- 345 689
2011 < 5 -- 349 675
2010 < 5 -- 407 609
2009 < 5 -- 410 613
2008 < 5 -- 456 567
2007 < 5 -- 482 533
2006 < 5 -- 514 504
2005 < 5 -- 553 463
2004 < 5 -- 588 444
2003 < 5 -- 654 397
2002 < 5 -- 726 363
2001 < 5 -- 786 346
2000 < 5 -- 726 366
1999 6 13,331 798 335
1998 < 5 -- 689 372
1997 < 5 -- 834 317
1996 7 11,021 988 282
1995 7 10,980 1,058 266
1994 < 5 -- 1,230 240
1993 8 9,944 1,245 233
1992 7 10,922 1,194 242
1991 < 5 -- 1,112 249
1990 12 7,041 1,112 247
1989 9 8,300 1,104 239
1988 14 5,716 1,018 237
1987 8 8,284 988 237
1986 11 6,320 807 269
1985 7 8,683 618 323
1984 10 6,462 517 354
1983 8 7,558 466 373
1982 14 5,034 563 335
1981 8 7,655 523 343
1980 13 5,340 580 327
1979 14 4,924 527 343
1978 10 6,111 553 317
1977 7 7,839 583 319
1976 15 4,216 552 321
1975 8 6,742 470 357
1974 9 5,929 458 359
1973 7 6,929 418 376
1972 11 4,902 434 377
1971 5 8,807 413 399
1970 9 5,553 283 480
1969 6 6,946 255 481
1968 7 5,861 88 790
1967 < 5 -- 40 1,188
1966 9 4,634 37 1,247
1965 < 5 -- 22 1,693
1964 < 5 -- 23 1,676
1963 < 5 -- 26 1,561
1962 < 5 -- 24 1,640
1961 < 5 -- 23 1,709
1960 < 5 -- 20 1,837
1959 < 5 -- 28 1,513
1958 < 5 -- 18 1,929
1957 < 5 -- 15 2,140
1956 < 5 -- 7 3,354
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1952 < 5 -- 6 3,541
1951 < 5 -- 5 3,956
1950 < 5 -- 6 3,488
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.