Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gamal

#7,284 most common boys' name of all time · #18,296 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1957–2025

Rank among boys
#7,284
Rank overall
#18,296 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
502
Since 2016
75
Peak year
1976 #2,478
Best rank
#2,293 1959
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1960198020002020

Gamal first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 11 11 #7,296
2023 — 7 7 #9,927
2022 — 10 10 #7,874
2021 — 10 10 #7,707
2020 — 8 8 #8,878
2019 — 7 7 #9,940
2018 — 11 11 #7,249
2017 — 5 5 #12,551
2016 — 6 6 #10,981
2015 — 8 8 #8,913
2014 — 9 9 #8,259
2013 — 6 6 #10,952
2011 — 8 8 #8,947
2007 — 5 5 #12,710
2005 — 5 5 #11,802
2004 — 6 6 #10,228
2003 — 5 5 #11,233
2001 — 8 8 #7,726
2000 — 5 5 #10,663
1998 — 8 8 #7,023
1997 — 5 5 #9,590
1996 — 13 13 #4,695
1995 — 8 8 #6,581
1994 — 14 14 #4,377
1993 — 8 8 #6,411
1990 — 8 8 #6,042
1989 — 7 7 #6,499
1988 — 12 12 #4,012
1987 — 11 11 #4,090
1986 — 11 11 #4,005
1985 — 6 6 #6,050
1984 — 12 12 #3,589
1983 — 13 13 #3,335
1982 — 14 14 #3,217
1981 — 17 17 #2,741
1980 — 11 11 #3,739
1979 — 9 9 #4,247
1978 — 7 7 #4,790
1977 — 5 5 #6,283
1976 — 18 18 #2,478
1975 — 6 6 #5,142
1974 — 13 13 #2,896
1973 — 8 8 #3,908
1972 — 13 13 #2,777
1971 — 16 16 #2,442
1970 — 13 13 #2,712
1969 — 9 9 #3,269
1967 — 6 6 #3,880
1965 — 12 12 #2,468
1963 — 6 6 #3,991
1962 — 6 6 #3,973
1961 — 7 7 #3,622
1959 — 14 14 #2,293
1958 — 8 8 #3,269
1957 — 8 8 #3,252