Kamal
Kamal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200997 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1946
- 3,031people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,031 boys have been named Kamal in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 97 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 25%.
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Kamal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Kamal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thaddaeuspeak 2005
- Nathanaelpeak 2000
- Gamalielpeak 2004
- Arikpeak 2000
- Rajapeak 2001
- Mathieupeak 2000
- Jelanipeak 1998
- Romelpeak 1991
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.