Kamal Boy
How popular is Kamal?
#2,883 boy name in 2025
43 baby boys were named Kamal in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
Kamal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,883 for boys (▼ 288 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,485 in 2015, #2,504 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (97 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,100 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kamal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kamal family of names ranked #1,591 for boys in 2025 (#1,348 the year before), with 84 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kamal | 43 | 51% |
| Kamil | 32 | 38% |
| Kamel | 9 | 11% |
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 Kamal is most popular
Babies named Kamal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Kamal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,524 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,558 |
| 1960s | 27 | #2,860 |
| 1970s | 350 | #1,100 |
| 1980s | 429 | #1,214 |
| 1990s | 646 | #1,332 |
| 2000s | 752 | #1,396 |
| 2010s | 560 | #1,985 |
| 2020s | 301 | #2,372 |
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Questions
- Is Kamal a boy or girl name?
- Kamal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kamal were boys.
- How popular is the name Kamal?
- 43 baby boys were named Kamal in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
- When was Kamal most popular?
- Kamal peaked in 2009, when 97 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,100 in 1979.
- How many people are named Kamal?
- 3,101 babies have been named Kamal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,004 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Kamal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kamal was most common in Minnesota, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.