Amal is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “hope.” In 2024 it was given to 191 girls in the United States.
Amal belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “hope” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amal first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1045 in 2021, and in 2024 191 babies received the name — 3,958 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Amal means “hope” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amal is a girl name. In 2024, 191 babies received the name in the US.
Amal comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Amal first appears in US records in 1962. Its best-ever ranking was #1045 in 2021, and 191 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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