Amal
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Amal
Amal is an attractive name with a wonderful meaning that has long been used in many Middle Eastern countries, especially Lebanon (and migrant communities). It is of course getting a lot more coverage now since the fame of international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, who's singlehandedly made this one of the best-known Arabic names for girls.
Amal for boys#5620 US
Amal is the name of a male figure in the Bible, a member of the tribe of Asher. Not, in this case, Mrs. George Clooney.
Pronounced AH-mul.
As of October 2026, Amal ranked #1241 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1045 in 2021.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,779 | 117 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,615 | 136 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,339 | 173 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,262 | 183 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,285 | 179 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,120 | 215 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,045 | 241 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,208 | 200 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,195 | 201 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,227 | 191 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,241 | 181 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Amal for girls
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Famous Amals
- Amal Ramzi (Alamuddin) ClooneyGirl
Lebanese,British human rights attorney; wife of actor George Clooney
- Amal alGirl
Atrash, birth name of Asmahan, Egyptian singer and actress
- Amal MaherGirl
Egyptian singer
- Amal HijaziGirl
Lebanese singer
- Amal ArafaGirl
Syrian actress and singer
- Amal MurkusGirl
Palestinian singer
- Amal AdenGirl
Somali,Norwegian author and journalist
- AmalBoy
descendant of patriarch Asher (1 Chr. 7:35)
- Amal Omari McCaskillBoy
American basketball player
- Amal AbulBoy
Qassem Donqol, Egyptian poet
- Amal DuttaBoy
Indian footballer
Amal in pop culture
- Amal Mohamed Nasrullah AbdelGirl
Hakim, main character in Randa Abdel,Fattah's "Does My Head Look Big in This?"