Amal

What Amal means

Means “hope”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Amal” (revision 89929494), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amal?

US: Rising: up from #1778 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #602 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 241 girls got the name (#1045 that year). First in the US records in 1962.

How common

• About 1 in 8,880 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 911 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,491 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.51 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.36 per 1,000 girls), MI (0.34 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amal is #1241 in the US and #177 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.9% of US babies named Amal were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amaal13 US · 14 E&W
• Amel16 US · 9 E&W
• Amla8 US · 14 E&W
• Emel0 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amal

Girls

• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
• Anastasia#163“resurrection”^*

For a brother

• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amal’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.