Jamal

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jamal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jamal: Recorded since 1956, it reached #220 in 1996, and it stood at #352 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#220
1997	#253
1998	#232
1999	#230
2000	#268
2001	#245
2002	#258
2003	#245
2004	#264
2005	#284
2006	#344
2007	#371
2008	#437
2009	#376
2010	#418
2011	#407
2012	#492
2013	#546
2014	#509
2015	#586
2016	#565
2017	#673
2018	#675
2019	#610
2020	#766
2021	#695
2022	#731
2023	#625
2024	#757

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 67 years from 1956 to 2022.

In 2024: #352 among boys in Scotland, #757 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1956–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #343 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #220 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #757 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jamal appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 352 births with the name.

Jamal across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jamal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#343 (1956)	#274 (1957)	#479 (2022)	48 of 67	352 (1956–2022)	12 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#220 (1996)	#220 (1996)	#757 (2024)	29 of 29	2,542 (1996–2024)	139 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1998)	#324 (1998)	#660 (2023)	16 of 26	65 (1998–2023)	11 (2009)

Jamal by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jamal in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	25	3 of 10	8
1960s	61	8 of 10	8
1970s	83	10 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	86	9 of 10	10
1990s	36	7 of 10	5
2000s	30	5 of 10	6
2010s	27	5 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jamal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1956 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in England and Wales in 1996.

Jamal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#625	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#695	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#766	41	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#610	60	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#673	52	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#565	66	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#586	63	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#509	76	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#546	66	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#492	77	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#407	98	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#418	91	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#376	104	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#437	83	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#371	98	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#344	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#284	114	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#264	124	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#245	130	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#258	111	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#245	116	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#268	104	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#230	133	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#232	131	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#253	116	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#220	139	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#479	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#452	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#475	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#430	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#470	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#392	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#442	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#414	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#360	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#541	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#396	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#430	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#351	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#435	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#391	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#463	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#337	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#424	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#306	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#304	10	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#356	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#274	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1956 and 2024, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 139 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 68 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jalil · #2070, 15y
Jamaal · #629, 29y
Jamari · #1703, 23y
Jameel · #753, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Matthias · #232, 60y
Daniela · #207, 64y
Genevieve · #235, 61y
Sami · #239, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Jøran · #220, 55y
Tage · #220, 67y
Benny · #221, 48y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y

Jamal was ranked #220 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jamal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jamal without appearing here.

Jamal moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #698 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #337 and #701.
Gregory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #673 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #675 and #887.
Tony Compare
In 2020 they stood at #766 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #695 and #907.
Ciaran Compare
In 2020 they stood at #766 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #695 and #871.

Moved ahead of Jamal

Theodore Compare
In 2010 they stood at #448 and #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #730 and #366.
Tobias Compare
In 1976 they stood at #396 and #409 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #541 and #258.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #407 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #492 and #238.
Christopher Compare
In 1966 they stood at #337 and #353 in Norway · Boys; by 1967 that had become #463 and #239.

Moved the opposite way to Jamal

Benjamin Compare
Between 1957 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #274 to #479 while Benjamin went from #422 to #29.
Herman Compare
Between 1957 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #274 to #479 while Herman went from #371 to #31.
Isak Compare
Between 1957 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #274 to #479 while Isak went from #322 to #4.
Ludvig Compare
Between 1957 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #274 to #479 while Ludvig went from #404 to #17.

Moved the same way as Jamal

Dag Compare
Between 1956 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #343 to #526 and Dag from #30 to #518.
Roman Compare
Between 1956 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #343 to #526 and Roman from #244 to #468.
Stig Compare
Between 1956 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #343 to #526 and Stig from #53 to #538.
Trond Compare
Between 1956 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Jamal went from #343 to #526 and Trond from #12 to #401.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1956 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jamal

Jamal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jamal across 3 official records

Jamal by decade in Norway · Boys

Jamal appears in

Popularity data

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Jamal at a glance

Jamal across 3 official records

Jamal by decade in Norway · Boys

Jamal appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jamal

Jamal and the names beside it

Jamal moved ahead of

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