Kamal
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #8,334
- #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
- Given to boys 99.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 66 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,076since 1946
Kamal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kamal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,884 | 43 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,595 | 51 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,805 | 45 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,517 | 54 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,373 | 57 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,505 | 51 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,228 | 62 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,167 | 64 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,417 | 53 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,437 | 52 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,486 | 50 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,705 | 44 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,299 | 55 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,380 | 53 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,232 | 58 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,986 | 69 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,626 | 97 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,972 | 71 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,691 | 79 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,459 | 87 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,400 | 89 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,429 | 86 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,517 | 74 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,719 | 59 | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #1,509 | 69 |
| 1996 | — | #1,334 | 81 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,380 | 73 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,434 | 67 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,444 | 65 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,621 | 54 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | — | #1,702 | 47 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,858 | 40 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,534 | 46 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,310 | 51 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,520 | 40 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,100 | 66 |
| 1978 | — | #1,134 | 60 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,127 | 59 |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,835 | 26 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,618 | 30 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,158 | 18 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five boys were named Kamal! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kamal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kamal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kamal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 379 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,884)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1979 at #1,100 (66 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,449
- Highest: 1 in 20,449 boys born in 2009 were named Kamal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,100 in 1979, was only 1 in 26,084 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 24.4% of all boys named Kamal (752) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,559 (1958) | #3,559 |
| 1960s | 27 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,553 |
| 1970s | 350 | #1,100 (1979) | #1,846 |
| 1980s | 429 | #1,214 (1980) | #1,556 |
| 1990s | 646 | #1,334 (1996) | #1,519 |
| 2000s | 752 | #1,400 (2001) | #1,780 |
| 2010s | 560 | #1,986 (2010) | #2,334 |
| 2020s | 301 | #2,373 (2021) | #2,613 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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