Kamal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-MAHL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Kamal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “perfection”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Kamal mean?
Arabic: Arabic; also an Indian name from Sanskrit kamala, lotus
“perfection”
As an Arabic name it means perfection; the Indian name Kamal comes separately from Sanskrit kamala, lotus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kamal a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Kamal, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kamal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Kamal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,056 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 36 | #589 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 37 | #557 |
| 1997 | 32 | #599 |
| 1996 | 33 | #563 |
How popular is Kamal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Kamal, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had fewer boys named Kamal than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Kamal in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,514 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,375 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,309 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,214 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,100 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
Names like Kamal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalid, Hassan, Abdullah, Faisal, Khalil, Umar, Bilal, Amir, Mustafa
Names related to Kamal
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Kamal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamal, updated 20 October 2026.