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.

Kamel

#6,566 most common boys' name of all time · #16,435 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#6,566
Rank overall
#16,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
599
Since 2016
121
Peak year
2012 #4,174
Best rank
#3,151 1979
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
198020002020

Kamel first appears in 1973. 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 — 9 9 #8,418
2024 — 12 12 #6,949
2023 — 10 10 #7,889
2022 — 9 9 #8,497
2021 — 15 15 #5,859
2020 — 15 15 #5,790
2019 — 13 13 #6,525
2018 — 13 13 #6,471
2017 — 11 11 #7,240
2016 — 14 14 #6,153
2015 — 9 9 #8,259
2014 — 11 11 #7,228
2013 — 9 9 #8,325
2012 — 24 24 #4,174
2011 — 15 15 #5,769
2010 — 14 14 #6,135
2009 — 12 12 #6,954
2008 — 20 20 #4,799
2007 — 17 17 #5,289
2006 — 11 11 #7,085
2005 — 18 18 #4,715
2004 — 13 13 #5,938
2003 — 18 18 #4,522
2002 — 16 16 #4,785
2001 — 11 11 #6,192
2000 — 6 6 #9,511
1999 — 16 16 #4,439
1998 — 13 13 #5,007
1996 — 14 14 #4,497
1995 — 16 16 #3,963
1994 — 17 17 #3,843
1993 — 12 12 #4,872
1992 — 11 11 #5,081
1991 — 15 15 #3,938
1990 — 8 8 #6,137
1989 — 10 10 #5,015
1988 — 10 10 #4,665
1987 — 9 9 #4,834
1986 — 11 11 #4,068
1985 — 6 6 #6,207
1984 — 6 6 #6,054
1983 — 9 9 #4,418
1982 — 6 6 #6,096
1981 — 6 6 #5,985
1980 — 9 9 #4,407
1979 — 14 14 #3,151
1978 — 8 8 #4,478
1977 — 7 7 #5,007
1976 — 9 9 #3,978
1974 — 6 6 #5,122
1973 — 6 6 #5,051