boys:
411 births since 1972
#4175 (9th percentile)
overall:
411 births since 1972
#7328 (5th percentile)
The name Jamael is the #7,328 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 411 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 5.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,175 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 411 births since 1972.
Jamael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for boys in 1972). Birth data for Jamael is available in 40 out of the 51 years between 1972 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jamael reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #735) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamael".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jamael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Jamael is pronounced as juh-MAYL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MAL, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH AH0 M EY1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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