Kamal

Boy name

Kamal has been given to 3,101 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It peaked in 2009.

Meaning & origin

Transliteration of Arabic كَمَال (kamāl, “perfection”).

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

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Total babies

3,101

Peak year

2009 (97 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1946

10-year trend

▼ -14%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

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

3,103 babies since 1963

3,095 babies since 1948

3,109 babies since 1970

3,085 babies since 1906

3,067 babies since 1981

3,141 babies since 1956

3,060 babies since 2002

3,144 babies since 1925

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