girls:
447 births since 1973
#5269 (8th percentile)
boys:
611 births since 1914
#3975 (13th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1914
#6681 (14th percentile)
The name Amel is the #6,681 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,058 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,975 (13.3% percentile) for all time with 611 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,269 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 447 births since 1973.
Amel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1973 for girls). Birth data for Amel is available in 65 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 38 years for girls). 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 Amel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Amel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1914 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (53.0% girls from 1973 to 2023).
For boys, Amel reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #493) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Amel reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #878) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Amel ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 52.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amel".
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