Gamal was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).
Gamal as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#7,194 (11)
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2024
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#5,120 (3)
2023
#9,763 (7)
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2022
#7,768 (10)
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2021
#7,587 (10)
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2020
#8,739 (8)
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2019
#9,756 (7)
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2018
#7,136 (11)
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2017
#12,246 (5)
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2016
#10,744 (6)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
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2014
#8,130 (9)
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2013
#10,728 (6)
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2011
#8,767 (8)
#4,647 (3)
2007
#12,367 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1976 at #2,417.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1957.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys 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.