Amal

Girl name

Amal has been given to 4,513 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It peaked in 2021.

Meaning & origin

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal, “hope”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

4,513

Peak year

2021 (247 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1962

10-year trend

▲ +52%

Gender split

92% girls / 8% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Amal.

4,524 babies since 2003

4,530 babies since 1920

4,545 babies since 1898

4,476 babies since 1883

4,467 babies since 1994

4,464 babies since 1993

4,567 babies since 1962

4,569 babies since 1994

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