Jamelle
Jamelle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198893 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,191people given the name
The story in the numbers
809 boys have been named Jamelle in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 93 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 49%.
Jamelle is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (382), most of them born around 1975.
By decade
In 1988, its biggest year
Jamelle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Jamelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mychalpeak 1988
- Durrellpeak 1985
- Corderopeak 1987
- Arseniopeak 1989
- Jarrelpeak 1987
- Demariopeak 1989
- Jerellpeak 1988
- Martellpeak 1986
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.