Jamal is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “beauty.” In 2024 it was given to 175 boys in the United States.
Jamal belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and African tradition. Its meaning — “beauty” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jamal first appears in Social Security records in 1946. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #233 in 1993, and in 2024 175 babies received the name — 33,063 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jamal means “beauty” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jamal is a boy name. In 2024, 175 babies received the name in the US.
Jamal comes from the Muslim & Arabic and African tradition.
Jamal first appears in US records in 1946. Its best-ever ranking was #233 in 1993, and 175 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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