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Jamell

#4,927 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jamell has been given to 2,240 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #4,927 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 74 recorded.

Babies named Jamell, 2025

1 in 166,000

Jamell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jamell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jamell means

Jamell is a given name.

The naming story behind Jamell

Wikidata records Jamell as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q62066890, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,165 boys were recorded with the name Jamell between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 74 in 1989; its best national rank was #1,127 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,119 in 2020 to #4,927 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,923 in 2015 to #4,927 in 2025.

In the United States, 75 girls were recorded with the name Jamell between 1967 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1972; its best national rank was #4,904 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jamell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,927
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jamell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jamell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jamells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jamell was born before 1992 — so the typical Jamell is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
29.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
34.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,165
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 29.2% of all recorded uses (632).

Is Jamell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,685
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+192
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,004
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.74×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.0%
Peak was 1989 (74)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,127
1985

Spellings of Jamell

Jamell is not the most common spelling — James is, with 97.5% against Jamell's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jamell is used

Across 1910–2025, Jamell was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 173,556 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 33,333
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 100,000
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jamell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jamell around the world

Where Jamell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2001
    #3,134
    in 2001
  • France
    1963–1963
    #1,729
    in 1963

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Jamell

People whose public names include Jamell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jamell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,927
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 192
Best rank ever
#1,127
1985
Peak year
1989
74 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,165
Count in 2025
20

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,904
1972
Peak year
1972
11 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
75
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jamell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jamell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jamell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RamoneZebulonMarkeithTjLamarcusTavarisRyonJeronKhristopherAmitTerronDontay

Sibling names for Jamell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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