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Amel

boys’ name · 57%girls’ name · 43%ComebackCompare

Amel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of boys
Peak year
200121 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
1,081people given the name
Babies named Amel, by year of birthboysgirls
0613192518801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

621 boys have been named Amel in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 21 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 26%.

Amel is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are girls (460), most of them born around 2000.

By decade

Decadeboys named Amel
1910s63
1920s96
1930s20
1940s29
1950s6
1970s5
1980s11
1990s52
2000s160
2010s127
2020s52

In 2001, its biggest year

Amel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.

Names that rose and fell with Amel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.