Boys' name · since 1979
Kamaal
317 babies named Kamaal in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 317
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kamaal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 317 have been recorded since 1979.
Kamaal has 317 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #10,282 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 317 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamaal ranks #10,282 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 317
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kamaal's 317 recorded births place it above 77.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Kamaal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kamaal splits its recorded history at 2001: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kamaal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kamaal by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Kamaal's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Kamaal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (28% of all-time use).
Kamaal by state
Where Kamaal concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
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- Kamaal's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Kamaals (6 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 Kamaal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Kamaal 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.