Gamal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- guh-MAHL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Gamal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Gamal mean?
Arabic: Egyptian pronunciation of Jamal, 'beauty'
“beauty”
The Egyptian pronunciation of Arabic Jamal, meaning beauty; Gamal Abdel Nasser was Egypt's second president.
Is Gamal a girl's or a boy's name?
Gamal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gamal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Gamal, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had more boys named Gamal than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Gamal in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gamal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
Names like Gamal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Gamal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gamal, updated 20 October 2026.