Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jamal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jamal” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jamal” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jamal” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jamal” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jamal” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jamal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jamal” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 28 0.000006734 28 -100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 -100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 -100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1966 46 0.000013235 9 37 -61%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 -100%
1968 95 0.00002812 7 88 -85%
1969 261 0.000075101 6 255 -95%
1970 293 0.000081242 9 284 -94%
1971 419 0.000122074 5 414 -98%
1972 445 0.000141585 11 434 -95%
1973 425 0.000140874 7 418 -97%
1974 467 0.000153618 9 458 -96%
1975 478 0.00015831 8 470 -97%
1976 567 0.000186864 15 552 -95%
1977 589 0.000185425 7 582 -98%
1978 563 0.000177386 10 553 -96%
1979 540 0.000162308 14 526 -95%
1980 595 0.000172739 13 582 -96%
1981 531 0.000153496 8 523 -97%
1982 575 0.000163913 14 561 -95%
1983 474 0.000136862 8 466 -97%
1984 527 0.000151057 10 517 -96%
1985 626 0.000175394 7 619 -98%
1986 818 0.000229964 11 807 -97%
1987 996 0.000276236 8 988 -98%
1988 1034 0.000279834 14 1020 -97%
1989 1113 0.000289508 9 1104 -98%
1990 1124 0.000284379 12 1112 -98%
1991 1112 0.000285475 1112 -100%
1992 1202 0.000312917 7 1195 -99%
1993 1254 0.000332601 8 1246 -99%
1994 1231 0.000331123 1231 -100%
1995 1066 0.000291085 7 1059 -99%
1996 995 0.000272812 7 988 -99%
1997 835 0.000230297 835 -100%
1998 689 0.00018732 689 -100%
1999 804 0.000217658 6 798 -99%
2000 726 0.000192068 726 -100%
2001 786 0.00020997 786 -100%
2002 726 0.000194206 726 -100%
2003 655 0.000172263 655 -100%
2004 589 0.000154151 589 -100%
2005 553 0.000143829 553 -100%
2006 514 0.000129923 514 -100%
2007 482 0.00012057 482 -100%
2008 456 0.000116011 456 -100%
2009 410 0.000107325 410 -100%
2010 407 0.000110127 407 -100%
2011 350 0.000095686 350 -100%
2012 345 0.00009433 345 -100%
2013 303 0.000083112 303 -100%
2014 306 0.00008256 306 -100%
2015 330 0.000089167 330 -100%
2016 353 0.000096219 353 -100%
2017 308 0.000086125 308 -100%
2018 305 0.000086749 305 -100%
2019 258 0.000074332 258 -100%
2020 244 0.000073041 244 -100%
2021 267 0.000078809 267 -100%
2022 201 0.000059412 201 -100%
2023 211 0.000063723 211 -100%
2024 175 0.000052576 175 -100%

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  5. Jamaka
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  9. Jamale
  10. Jamalia
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