Kamel

#8,579 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Kamil

Kamel has been given to 599 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #8,579 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Kamel, 2025

1 in 368,000

Kamel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kamel: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Kamil

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kamel means

Kamel is a alternate transcription of Kamil.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Kamel is a alternate transcription of Kamil. Kamil has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kamil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 599 boys were recorded with the name Kamel between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2012; its best national rank was #3,082 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,830 in 2020 to #8,579 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,373 in 2015 to #8,579 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kamel?

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: #8,579; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kamel 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 Kamel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamel was born before 2003 — so the typical Kamel is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 23.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 56.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 599; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 23.7% of all recorded uses (142).

Is Kamel 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: −1,539; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,749; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −206; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 37.5%; Peak was 2012 (24)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,082; 1979

Spellings of Kamel

Kamel is not the most common spelling — James is, with 77.2% against Kamel's <0.01%.

James77.2%5,250,638
Samuel12.1%820,196
Karl1.5%100,836
Kaleb1.3%86,649
Axel1.1%72,459
Kaden1.0%69,595
Abel0.97%66,037
Gael0.72%49,079

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 Kamel is used

Across 1910–2025, Kamel was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 134,584 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in 100,000

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. Kamel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kamel around the world

Where Kamel 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
1996–2005
#3,849
in 2005
France
1946–2025
#1,267
in 2025
Canada
1991–2012
#2,715
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kamel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,579
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,749
Best rank ever: #3,082; 1979
Peak year: 2012; 24 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 599
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Kamel

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

Kamen Kamau Kamon Kamir Kamdon Kamani Kamar Kamazi Kamil Kamilo Kamrin Kamoni Kamal Kamai Kamauri Kamori Kamare Kameryn Kamaree Kam Armel Amel Kamiri Kamran

Sibling names for Kamel

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

For a sister

Abagail Annabell Rhianna Adelle Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya Jazmyne

For a brother

Aaden Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Tobin Jamarcus Nevin

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