NameTides

Amal

Amal was the #1,241 girls' name in the US in 2025 (181 babies), and #177 in England & Wales and #400 in Canada.

Amal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Amal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,241 (181)#177 (278)#284 (12)—#304 (13)#400 (77)
2024#1,223 (192)#208 (232)#215 (17)——#405 (75)
2023#1,195 (201)#245 (184)#281 (13)—#495 (7)#486 (60)
2022#1,206 (200)#275 (165)#303 (11)—#502 (7)#499 (58)
2021#1,045 (241)#253 (190)#396 (8)#446 (3)#883 (3)#454 (67)
2020#1,120 (215)#272 (176)#429 (7)——#586 (49)
2019#1,287 (179)#331 (139)#447 (7)——#541 (58)
2018#1,262 (183)#419 (104)#502 (6)——#765 (37)
2017#1,340 (173)#565 (76)#570 (5)——#720 (40)
2016#1,614 (136)#567 (74)———#811 (34)
2015#1,778 (117)#602 (70)#653 (4)——#1,016 (25)
2014#2,176 (87)#907 (41)———#1,279 (19)
2013#2,568 (69)#1,098 (32)———#2,058 (10)
2012#2,286 (82)#934 (39)———#1,097 (23)
2011#2,763 (63)#894 (40)———#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,045.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.
  • In 2025, 92% of US babies named Amal were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amal is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Amal (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25748
Quebec2025#5408

Amal (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmalCanadaGirls#40077
AmalEngland & WalesGirls#177278
AmalEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AmalIrelandGirls#30413
AmalNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmalScotlandGirls#28412
AmalUSGirls#1,241181
AmalUSBoys#5,60816