Amal Girl
How popular is Amal?
#1,241 girl name in 2025
181 baby girls were named Amal in the US in 2025, making it the 1241st most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
Amal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,241 for girls (▼ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 181 girls, 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,778 in 2015, #1,120 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (241 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,045 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amal family of names ranked #1,017 for girls in 2025 (#990 the year before), with 197 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amal | 181 | 92% |
| Amel | 16 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amal is most popular
Babies named Amal per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (58 girls)
Amal by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36 | #4,981 |
| 1970s | 163 | #3,078 |
| 1980s | 306 | #2,473 |
| 1990s | 526 | #2,204 |
| 2000s | 738 | #1,815 |
| 2010s | 1,142 | #1,262 |
| 2020s | 1,230 | #1,045 |
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Questions
- Is Amal a boy or girl name?
- Amal is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Amal were girls.
- How popular is the name Amal?
- 181 baby girls were named Amal in the US in 2025, making it the 1241st most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
- When was Amal most popular?
- Amal peaked in 2021, when 241 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,045 in 2021.
- How many people are named Amal?
- 4,513 babies have been named Amal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,461 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Amal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amal was most common in Minnesota, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.