Amal
Girl · AH-mal · Arabic
Amal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 192nd for girls in the UK (290 babies) and 1,241st for girls in the US (181 babies).
What does Amal mean?
Arabic
“hope”
Amal is the everyday Arabic word for hope.
- Say it
- AH-mal
More on Wiktionary.
Is Amal a girl's or a boy's name?
Amal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 290 girls in the UK and 181 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Amal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #192among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 290about 1 in 960 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 290 girls in the UK were named Amal, making it the 192nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Amal of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Amal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 177th in England and Wales and 284th in Scotland.
Amal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 290 | #192 |
| 2024 | 249 | #212 |
| 2023 | 197 | #252 |
| 2022 | 176 | #289 |
| 2021 | 201 | #259 |
| 2020 | 183 | #280 |
| 2019 | 146 | #345 |
| 2018 | 110 | #443 |
| 2017 | 81 | #585 |
| 2016 | 75 | #613 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 49 | #703 |
| 2005 | 51 | #667 |
| 2004 | 63 | #556 |
| 2003 | 45 | #687 |
| 2002 | 49 | #619 |
| 2001 | 44 | #649 |
| 2000 | 43 | #654 |
| 1999 | 44 | #640 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Amal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,241among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 181about 1 in 8,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 181 girls in the US were named Amal, making it the 1,241st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,120th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962. 16 boys were also named Amal in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Amal than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Amal in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | #1,241 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,195 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2021 | 241 | #1,045 |
| 2020 | 215 | #1,120 |
| 2019 | 179 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | 183 | #1,262 |
| 2017 | 173 | #1,340 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,614 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,778 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,887 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 61 | #2,204 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like Amal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Amira Hafsa Khadija Hiba Summer Ayat Noor Ayla
Names related to Amal
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo