# Kemal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kemal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 373 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 241, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,457 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,563 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,490 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,311 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,397 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,301 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,515 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,178 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,262 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,413 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,906 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,669 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,082 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,424 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,007 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Kemal

- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
- Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter
- Kemal Malovčić, Bosnian singer
- Kemal Mešić, Bosnian athlete
- Kemal Alispahić, Bosnian footballer and manager
- Kemal Pir, Co-founder of Kurdistan Workers Party (1952–1982)
- Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist
- Kemal Bourhani, Comorian footballer
- Kamel Lemoui, Algerian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.