How rare is the name Amal?

9,015 people in the United States have the first name Amal, about 1 in 33,503. It ranks #2,632 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AMAL

#2,632

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,015
About
1 in 33,503
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,015 people named Amal, 66.3% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Black and 11.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 92.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amal peaked in 2021, when 247 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
247
In 2025*
197 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,513 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Amal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,120. The largest share of babies named Amal, 51%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#10,21636
1970s#5,793177
1980s#4,372346
1990s#3,753609
2000s#3,772838
2010s#3,1331,209
2020s#2,1201,298
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later51%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Amal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amal has been most common in Minnesota (3.9×), Michigan (2.6×), and New York (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.36×).

2,608 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Amal

#2,630 Fletcher · 9,032#2,630 Lindy · 9,032#2,633 Huy · 9,013#2,633 Jovan · 9,013

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amal, most common first.

#8,031 Amel · 1,833#11,251 Amol · 1,151#12,354 Amil · 1,010#21,754 Amala · 464#29,625 Amali · 298#30,611 Amaal · 284#47,181 Amaly · 139

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