girls:
19 births since 1979
#5697 (0th percentile)
boys:
851 births since 1969
#3736 (18th percentile)
overall:
870 births since 1969
#6869 (11th percentile)
The name Jamiel is the #6,869 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 870 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,736 (18.5% percentile) for all time with 851 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,697 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 19 births since 1979.
Jamiel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1979 for girls).
The name Jamiel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jamiel reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #660) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jamiel ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 71.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jamiel reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #774) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1984.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamiel".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jamiel", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jamil" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jamil..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jamiel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.8% confident that Jamiel is pronounced as juh-MEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jah-MEE-ehl, at 20.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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