Jamal is an Arabic name that means "beauty" or "handsomeness" and is common throughout the Muslim world, from Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser to the Turkish form Cemal. African American families adopted it in the 1970s, and basketball players Jamal Murray and Jamal Crawford have kept it visible. Jamal ranked number 366 in 2000, peaked at 346 in 2001, slipped out of the top 1000 in 2022 and ranks 1197 in 2025.