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Amel

#8,286 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Amel has been given to 1,106 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #8,286 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 21 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Amel, 2025

1 in 368,000

Amel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Amel over time

In 2025, Amel went to 64% girls and 36% boys.

19142025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Amel: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amel means

Amel has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Amel

A separate documented entry treats Amel as a alternate transcription of Aamaal. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Amel is used in Serbo-Croatian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 630 boys were recorded with the name Amel between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2001; its best national rank was #1,881 in 1915.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,701 in 2020 to #8,286 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,295 in 2015 to #8,286 in 2025.

In the United States, 476 girls were recorded with the name Amel between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2000; its best national rank was #4,797 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,945 in 2020 to #6,852 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,998 in 2015 to #6,852 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Amel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,286
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amel was born before 2001 — so the typical Amel is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
422
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 25.4% of all recorded uses (160).

Is Amel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+61
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,585
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,991
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.53×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.9%
Peak was 2001 (21)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,881
1915

Spellings of Amel

Amel is not the most common spelling — James is, with 68.0% against Amel's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Amel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Amel was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,661,706 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Amel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Amel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amel was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 651,696 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Amel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amel around the world

Where Amel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    1971–2025
    #6,007
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Amel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,286
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,585
Best rank ever
#1,881
1915
Peak year
2001
21 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
630
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,852
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 93
Best rank ever
#4,797
2000
Peak year
2000
24 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
476
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Amel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Amel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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