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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

JamalIn Hebrew: ג׳מאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: ג'מַאל

Jamal (Hebrew: ג׳מאל) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 5,849 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 113 boys and ranked #162. Its peak year was 1962, with 198 babies.

People in Israel
5,849
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
113
rank #162
Peak year
1962
198 babies
USA, 2025
169
rank #1,196

Writing and saying Jamal

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳מאל, read right to left. Jamal is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jamal by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jamal: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jamal in English-speaking countries

Jamal in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025169#1,1961993 (1,245)
United Kingdom202559#6762003 (134)
England and Wales202559#6281996 (139)
Alberta202512#3882012 (12)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Jamal has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Jamal

How do you write Jamal in Hebrew?

Jamal is written ג׳מאל in Hebrew (with vowel points: ג'מַאל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jamal?

5,849 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳מאל: 26 women and 5,823 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jamal a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.6% of the people named ג׳מאל are men.

Is Jamal used outside Israel?

The name Jamal appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 169 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,196), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 59 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.