How rare is the name Kamal?

7,855 people in the United States have the first name Kamal, about 1 in 38,451. It ranks #2,903 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAMAL

#2,903

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,855
About
1 in 38,451
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,855 people named Kamal, 39.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 30.3% as White and 23.7% as Black. 91.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kamal peaked in 2009, when 97 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
97
In 2025*
43 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,101 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Kamal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,551. The largest share of babies named Kamal, 36.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#14,0166
1960s#11,21927
1970s#3,619360
1980s#3,800429
1990s#3,551661
2000s#4,070752
2010s#5,228560
2020s#5,628301
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.2%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1236.9%
2013 and later22%

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 Kamal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kamal has been most common in New Jersey (4.1×), New York (3.7×), and Florida (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.58×).

1,248 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 Kamal

#2,900 Star · 7,873#2,902 Alysia · 7,857#2,904 Hang · 7,854#2,904 Richelle · 7,854

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,552 Kamil · 4,048#5,927 Kamala · 2,784#11,094 Kamel · 1,173#25,436 Kamali · 373#28,872 Kamaal · 309

Also a last name

As a last name, Kamal ranks #8,187 of 156,621, with 3,876 people. See Kamal as a last name

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