Fun Facts About the Name Jamall
- More than 1 thousand babies named Jamall: U.S. records list 1,520 babies given the name Jamall from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jamall Mean?
Jamall is an English spelling variant of Jamal, an Arabic masculine name meaning "beauty." It comes from the Arabic noun jamāl (جمال), built on the root j-m-l, which carries the sense of beauty, goodliness, and pleasing form. Since jamāl is a noun rather than an adjective, the literal sense is "beauty," although in English the name is often rendered as "handsome" when given to a boy. The doubled final -ll in Jamall is a respelling in Latin letters and does not point to a separate Arabic word. A related but distinct name, Jamil, comes from the adjective jamīl ("beautiful, handsome") from the same root.
Jamall Name History & Origins
Jamal is an old Arabic given name, used across the Arabic-speaking world and, with the spread of Islam, in parts of Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia as well. Pronunciation varies by region: in Egyptian Arabic the initial consonant is spoken as a hard g, so the name appears in English as Gamal, the form used by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 - 1970).
The spelling Jamall belongs to a cluster of English respellings - Jamal, Jamaal, Jamel, Jamahl, and others - that grew up as the name was written in Latin letters by speakers of different languages, with little standardization. These variants differ in spelling and in vowel or consonant doubling but not in origin or meaning.
How Popular is the Name Jamall?
Jamall has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1980. Its best rank was #1,248 in 1980.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,110 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,340 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,948 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #13,136 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,156 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #7,213 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,876 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #5,891 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,431 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #7,828 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,094 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #6,812 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,402 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #3,835 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #4,569 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,918 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #5,405 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #4,079 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #3,544 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #4,286 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #3,657 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #3,491 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #3,151 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #3,217 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #2,892 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2000 | #2,646 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #3,428 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #3,047 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #3,022 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #2,784 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #2,798 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1994 | #1,679 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1993 | #1,752 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #1,756 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1991 | #1,622 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 1990 | #1,645 | 50 | 0.0024% |
| 1989 | #1,625 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #1,437 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1987 | #1,352 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 1986 | #1,705 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1985 | #1,514 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1984 | #1,492 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1983 | #1,298 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1982 | #1,312 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1981 | #1,442 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1980 | #1,248 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1979 | #1,583 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1978 | #2,520 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1977 | #1,687 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1976 | #1,552 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 1975 | #3,137 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #2,727 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1973 | #3,107 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #3,053 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #3,491 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #3,652 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #3,746 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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