Kamel — #6915 US boys' name
590 babies named Kamel in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Kamel was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Kamel in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kamel
The Social Security Administration has registered 590 babies named Kamel between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kamel currently holds the #6915 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kamel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kamel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kamel 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 590 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.
Kamel at a glance
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Current rank
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Kamel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2012)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6915 among boys.
590 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 24 births in a single year.
Kamel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 142 births that decade — 24% of Kamel's all-time total
Kamel decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kamel's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Kamel by state
Where Kamel concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 99 | 16.8% |
99 of 590 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.