girls:
3.8k births since 1962
#2813 (51st percentile)
boys:
346 births since 1970
#4240 (7th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1962
#4272 (45th percentile)
The name Amal is the #4,272 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,111 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 44.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,813 (50.8% percentile) for all time with 3,765 births since 1962. For boys, it ranks #4,240 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 346 births since 1970.
Amal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Amal is available in 59 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 40 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amal has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.8% of babies named Amal were girls.
For girls, Amal reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 24.9% percentile (ranked #703) with 135 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 135 births per million (ranked 24.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amal ranks #751 for girls (20.7% percentile) with 115 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Amal reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #802) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amal ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amal".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Amal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Amal is pronounced as uh-MAHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-muhl, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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