Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jamel

#1,081 most common boys' name of all time · #2,567 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1950–2025

Rank among boys
#1,081
Rank overall
#2,567 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
11,592
Since 2016
750
Peak year
1988 #485
Best rank
#467 1983
Girls Boys peak 373/yr
1960198020002020

Jamel first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 46 46 #2,774
2024 46 46 #2,804
2023 55 55 #2,449
2022 64 64 #2,252
2021 83 83 #1,861
2020 82 82 #1,823
2019 77 77 #1,924
2018 88 88 #1,748
2017 105 105 #1,561
2016 104 104 #1,578
2015 121 121 #1,422
2014 103 103 #1,555
2013 139 139 #1,257
2012 141 141 #1,252
2011 149 149 #1,186
2010 178 178 #1,083
2009 205 205 #975
2008 182 182 #1,044
2007 205 205 #962
2006 194 194 #962
2005 207 207 #881
2004 182 182 #931
2003 5 200 205 #864
2002 218 218 #793
2001 191 191 #846
2000 201 201 #803
1999 237 237 #707
1998 214 214 #752
1997 7 201 208 #749
1996 5 247 252 #669
1995 9 227 236 #704
1994 5 301 306 #599
1993 8 287 295 #615
1992 7 307 314 #587
1991 13 345 358 #548
1990 11 359 370 #519
1989 5 347 352 #516
1988 13 360 373 #485
1987 12 331 343 #486
1986 16 328 344 #483
1985 13 303 316 #500
1984 12 287 299 #501
1983 12 319 331 #467
1982 14 283 297 #506
1981 8 238 246 #549
1980 18 276 294 #511
1979 17 273 290 #508
1978 14 295 309 #473
1977 11 235 246 #542
1976 14 230 244 #532
1975 15 185 200 #593
1974 8 151 159 #658
1973 13 136 149 #687
1972 16 93 109 #836
1971 10 78 88 #924
1970 14 37 51 #1,395
1969 13 47 60 #1,151
1968 5 20 25 #1,829
1967 9 13 22 #2,335
1966 5 10 15 #2,752
1965 8 8 #3,202
1964 5 9 14 #3,023
1963 8 8 #3,270
1962 6 6 #3,937
1961 5 8 13 #3,302
1960 5 5 #4,466
1959 5 5 #4,449
1956 5 5 #4,348
1950 5 5 #4,164