Kamaal — #9201 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kamaal

The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Kamaal between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kamaal currently holds the #9201 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamaal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kamaal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kamaal in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kamaal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 317 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.