Jamal
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Jamal
Jamal is an Arabic boys’ name meaning "beauty." Jamal and its variants are popular in the Muslim community, although Jamal’s popularity within the US has decreased in recent years.
Jamal has been used for at least one memorable character: the young hero of the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. Other variations are the Bosnian Džemal (prn: Jemal) and Egyptian Gamal.
Jamal is also given to girls.
Pronounced juh-MAHL.
As of October 2026, Jamal ranked #13333 for girls in US births in 1999 and #1197 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4220 for girls in 1976 and #233 for boys in 1993.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #766 | 306 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #739 | 330 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #703 | 353 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #762 | 308 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #768 | 305 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #860 | 258 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #916 | 244 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #868 | 267 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,086 | 201 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,036 | 211 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,183 | 175 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,197 | 169 |
World rankings
Jamal for boys
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Jamal on lists
Famous Jamals
- Jamal CharlesBoy
American NFL football player
- Jamal Dasuki IdrisBoy
Australian Rugby League football player
- Jamal (Phillips)Boy
American rapper
- Jamal Bush aka RockBoy
American rapper
- Jamal Lafitte LewisBoy
American NFL football player
- Jamal adBoy
Din al,Afghani, Iranian political activist & Islamic ideologist
- (Aaron) Jamal CrawfordBoy
American basketball player
- Jamal AbroBoy
Pakistani Sindhi writer
- Jamal KhwajaBoy
Indian philosopher
- Jamal WoolardBoy
American actor, rapper & comedian
- Jamal NebezBoy
Kurdish linguist, mathematician & writer
- Jamal MashburnBoy
American basketball player
- Jamal Aziz OthmanBoy
Swiss figure skater
- Jamal ShipmanBoy
Survivor: Island of the Idols contestant
Jamal in pop culture
- Jamal MalikBoy
main character in film "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Jamal LyonBoy
character on TV's "Empire"
- Jamal WallaceBoy
character in film "Finding Forrester"
Variations & nicknames
- JahmalBoy
- JahmealBoy
- JahmeelBoy
- JahmeilBoy
- JahmelBoy
- JahmelleBoy
- JahmilBoy
- JahmileBoy
- JaimalBoy
- JamBoy
- JamaalBoy
- JamaelBoy
- JamahlBoy
- JamailBoy
- JamaileBoy
- JamalaBoy
- JamaleBoy
- JamallBoy
- JamarBoy
- JamaulBoy
- JameelBoy
- JamelBoy
- JamellBoy
- JamielBoy
- JamilBoy
- JamileBoy
- JammalBoy
- JamorBoy
- JamualBoy
- JarmalBoy
- JaumalBoy
- JemaalBoy
- JemahlBoy
- JemalBoy
- JemallBoy
- JermalBoy
- JimahlBoy
- JimalBoy
- JomahlBoy
- JomalBoy
- JomallBoy