# Komal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/komal/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “soft”, “delicate”, “tender” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 631 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 631 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 311, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोमल (komala, “soft, delicate, tender”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 33 | 3,677 |
| 2000 | 23 | 5,072 |
| 2001 | 22 | 5,289 |
| 2002 | 24 | 5,006 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,418 |
| 2004 | 27 | 4,881 |
| 2005 | 14 | 8,127 |
| 2006 | 15 | 8,067 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,322 |
| 2008 | 13 | 9,271 |
| 2009 | 15 | 8,260 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,547 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,809 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,796 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,046 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 23 | 962 |
| 2003 | 21 | 1,083 |
| 2004 | 21 | 1,106 |
| 2005 | 20 | 1,200 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,983 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: कोमल

## 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.