Ghazal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ga-ZAL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Ghazal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “love poem; gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Ghazal mean?
Arabic: used in Persian, Urdu and Arabic
“love poem; gazelle”
The ghazal is a form of love poem perfected by Persian poets such as Hafez and Rumi.
Is Ghazal a girl's or a boy's name?
Ghazal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ghazal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Ghazal, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Ghazal of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ghazal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Ghazal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Ghazal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Ghazal, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Ghazal in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ghazal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Ghazal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Ayah, Nusaybah, Hiba, Rahma, Amal, Ayzal, Zimal, Safaa, Aaliyah
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, “Ghazal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ghazal, updated 20 October 2026.