Amal
#1,241 for girls in 2025, 181 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to girls 91.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 241 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,141since 1962
Amal over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,241 | 181 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #1,223 | 192 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #1,195 | 201 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #1,206 | 200 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #1,045 | 241 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,120 | 215 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #1,287 | 179 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #1,262 | 183 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,340 | 173 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #1,614 | 136 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #1,778 | 117 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,568 | 69 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #2,286 | 82 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #3,123 | 53 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #2,630 | 70 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #2,293 | 84 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #2,887 | 60 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #1,947 | 93 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #1,819 | 97 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #2,207 | 61 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Amal! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Amal is popular in 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#375 · 1 in 2,103
- New Jersey#765 · 1 in 5,175
- Michigan#843 · 1 in 6,240
- Ohio#1,252 · 1 in 11,914
- Illinois#1,578 · 1 in 14,075
Best ever in a state: #375 in Minnesota, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #375 | 12 | 1 in 2,103 |
| New Jersey | #765 | 8 | 1 in 5,175 |
| Michigan | #843 | 8 | 1 in 6,240 |
| Ohio | #1,252 | 5 | 1 in 11,914 |
| Illinois | #1,578 | 5 | 1 in 14,075 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 10 | 1 in 15,322 |
| California | #2,076 | 10 | 1 in 22,227 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amal
- 18 spots since 2024 (#1,223 → #1,241)
- 121 spots since 2020 (#1,120 → #1,241)
- 537 spots since 2015 (#1,778 → #1,241)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2021 at #1,045 (241 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 6,809 girls born in 2021 were named Amal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,880 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.7% of all girls named Amal (1,230) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36 | #4,982 (1967) | #5,472 |
| 1970s | 163 | #3,078 (1979) | #4,173 |
| 1980s | 306 | #2,478 (1989) | #3,107 |
| 1990s | 526 | #2,207 (1996) | #2,484 |
| 2000s | 738 | #1,819 (2001) | #2,407 |
| 2010s | 1,142 | #1,262 (2018) | #2,020 |
| 2020s | 1,230 | #1,045 (2021) | #1,172 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amal in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 18,563 of them was named Amal, which outranked 89.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,807Makiyah98
- #1,807Notnamed98
- #1,807Veronika98
- #1,819Amal97
- #1,819Aliana97
- #1,819August97
- #1,819Evangelina97
- #1,833Adelina96
- #1,833Arabella96
- #1,833Caylin96
Tied with 13 names at #1,819; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 215,876 of them was named Amal, which outranked 43.6% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,445Zyion10
- #6,445Zyquan10
- #6,445Zyron10
- #6,935Amal9
- #6,935Aashish9
- #6,935Abas9
- #6,935Abayomi9
- #7,536Aaliyah8
- #7,536Abdimalik8
- #7,536Abdoulie8
Tied with 600 names at #6,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.