Kamel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-mel
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kamel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “perfect, complete”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kamel mean?
Arabic: North African spelling of Kamil
“perfect, complete”
A spelling of Kamil, from the Arabic word for perfect or complete, used especially in North Africa.
Is Kamel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Kamel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kamel in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Kamel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khalil Hamza Amir Muhammad Ahmad Khalid Zahir Samir Nasir Kareem Abdullah Hassan
Names related to Kamel
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Kamel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamel, updated 20 October 2026.