The first name Kamal

In 2025, 16 boys were named Kamal, making it the 1,613th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2007, with 38 births (#731).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Kamal with other names.

In 2025, 43 boys born in the United States were named Kamal, the 2,907th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2009, when 97 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Kamal Ganzouri
  Former Egyptian Prime minister (1933-2021)
• Kamal Miller
  Canadian soccer player, born 1997
• Kamal Hassan Ali
  Egyptian politician and military officer (1933-1993)
• Kamal El Sheikh
  Film director (1919-2004)
• Kamal Quliyev
  Association football player from Azerbaijan, born 1976
• Kamal Abdullayev
  Azerbaijani philologist, badminton administrator and executive (born 1950)
• Kamal Hossain
  Bengali lawyer and politician (born 1937)
• Omar Kamal
  Egyptian association football player, born 1993
• Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein
  Egyptian prince, 1874–1932
• Kamal Narain Singh
  22nd Chief Justice of India, 1926–2022
• Kamal Salibi
  Academic, writer, historian, researcher, 1929–2011
• Kamal Boulahfane
  Algerian athletics competitor (born 1976)

What does the name Kamal mean?

Kamal means “perfection”.

How popular is the name Kamal?

In 2025, 16 boys born in England and Wales were named Kamal, ranking 1,613th. Its peak was 2007, with 38 births.

Is Kamal a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 99% of the 3,101 US babies named Kamal since 1880 were boys.

When was Kamal most popular?

2009 in the United States, when 97 babies were named Kamal, its highest rank at 1,632nd.

Is Kamal also a surname?

Yes. Kamal is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.