Amaal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MAAL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Amaal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “hopes”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Amaal mean?
Arabic
“hopes”
Amaal is the plural of amal, the Arabic word for hope.
Is Amaal a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Amaal, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amaal than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Amaal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Amaal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Amaal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Amaal, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Amaal in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amaal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Names like Amaal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Abeeha Hiba Nusaybah Rahma Safaa Amal Ruqayyah
Names related to Amaal
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amaal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaal, updated 20 October 2026.