—2024 rank
1993peak year
31,394babies named Jamal since 1880
▼ 32%5-year trend
Jamal popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Jamal mean?
From the Arabic jamal, meaning beauty or grace; a staple across the Muslim world and widely adopted in America from the 1970s.
OriginArabic
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, classic
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