Girls' name · since 1988
Ghazal
340 babies named Ghazal in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 340
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ghazal currently ranks #4312 among girls' names in America, with 340 babies recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Ghazal recorded 340 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #4312 nationally today, ahead of 75% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #14,879 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,312 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 340 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghazal ranks #14,879 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,312 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 340 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 340
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ghazal's 340 recorded births place it above 79.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ghazal compares
340 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ghazal's all-time total is 10% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ghazal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 340 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ghazal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ghazal splits its recorded history at 2014: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ghazal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Ghazal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (165 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Ghazal's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ghazal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
165 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 165 births (49% of all-time use).
Ghazal by state
Where Ghazal concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 6.8% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
23 of 340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Ghazals (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ghazal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ghazal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.