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How popular is the name Jamal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jamals are alive today.
Jamal (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 627th in 2025 with 59 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 139 babies were given the name, the 220th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 766 in 2020 before climbing back to the 627th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. Jamal is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jamaal; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jamal you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all Jamals born in England and Wales are between 15 and 31, and there are at least 4,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Jamal.
How many babies are named Jamal each year?
Includes all spellings: Jamal, Jamaal. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jamal spelling rank?
Where does the Jamaal spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jamal most popular?
Jamal peaked in 1996, when 157 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Jamal?
At least 4,000 people named Jamal in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jamal?
Most living Jamals are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 22.
Is Jamal becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.