Amal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Amal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Amal: Recorded since 1962, its highest recorded position is #208, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
116times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#208highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#705
1998	#817
1999	#605
2000	#607
2001	#601
2002	#585
2003	#637
2004	#521
2005	#645
2006	#649
2007	#774
2008	#899
2009	#932
2010	#878
2011	#894
2012	#934
2013	#1098
2014	#907
2015	#602
2016	#567
2017	#565
2018	#419
2019	#331
2020	#272
2021	#253
2022	#275
2023	#245
2024	#208

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 61 of the 64 years from 1962 to 2025.

In 2025: #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #367 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1962–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #434 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #208 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #367 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Amal appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 572 births with the name.

Amal across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#434 (1962)	#245 (1972)	#367 (2025)	61 of 64	572 (1962–2025)	19 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#916 (1996)	#208 (2024)	#208 (2024)	29 of 29	2,181 (1996–2024)	232 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1761 (1997)	#3848 (2020)	18 of 25	95 (1996–2020)	8 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#550 (2006)	#304 (2025)	#304 (2025)	6 of 20	38 (2006–2025)	13 (2025)

Amal by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amal in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	48	7 of 10	7
1970s	82	9 of 10	9
1980s	97	10 of 10	10
1990sbusiest	134	10 of 10	13
2000s	88	9 of 10	10
2010s	77	10 of 10	8
2020s	46	6 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Amal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #208 in England and Wales in 2024.

Amal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#208	232	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#245	184	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#275	165	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#253	190	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#272	176	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#331	139	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#419	104	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#565	76	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#567	74	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#602	70	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#907	41	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1098	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#934	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#878	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#899	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#649	49	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#645	48	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#521	62	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#637	45	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#585	48	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#601	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#607	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#605	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#705	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#367	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#387	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#304	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#389	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#385	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#436	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#365	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#326	12	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#413	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#467	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#436	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#562	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#457	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#365	12	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#579	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#340	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#277	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#363	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#347	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#308	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#300	13	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#288	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#295	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#391	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#323	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#285	15	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#318	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#260	19	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#295	16	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#329	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#473	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#357	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#382	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#298	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#332	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#348	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#451	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#392	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#359	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#482	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#520	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#568	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#481	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#448	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#377	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#365	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#363	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#354	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#434	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#215	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1962 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #208, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 232 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 62 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Amaiya · #1172, 18y
Amaiyah · #1525, 16y
Amala · #1774, 17y
Amalia · #300, 33y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marco · #214, 65y
Betty · #200, 58y
Solomon · #216, 57y
Rudi · #193, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ekaterina · #208, 52y
Eibhlin · #209, 59y
Margo · #209, 33y
Moira · #209, 61y

Amal was ranked #208 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Amal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amal without appearing here.

Amal moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #3009.
Anders Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4810 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #916 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #705 and #1450.

Moved ahead of Amal

Henrik Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1494.
Matheo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.
Braxton Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2070 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2418.
Espen Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3315 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3478.

Moved the opposite way to Amal

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Amal

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amal went from #916 to #208 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #208 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amal

Amal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amal across 4 official records

Amal by decade in Norway · Girls

Amal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Amal

Amal and the names beside it

Amal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amal

Moved the opposite way to Amal

Moved the same way as Amal

Amal at a glance

Amal across 4 official records

Amal by decade in Norway · Girls

Amal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Amal

Amal and the names beside it

Amal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amal

Moved the opposite way to Amal

Moved the same way as Amal