Recorded 1962–2025 · United States
Amal was most popular in 2021, when 247 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,927 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,232, with 197 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,513 people named Amal.
Amal first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1962, which makes it about 63 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 61 of the 64 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,513 American births named Amal between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,453 are estimated to be alive today.
197 American babies were named Amal in 2025, ranking #2,232 that year.
Amal is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 215 births a year, against 91 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +137% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Amal is mostly a girl’s name — 91.8% of the 4,513 Americans given it were girls and 8.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 95% girls and 5% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,453 Americans named Amal are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org