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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

KamalIn Hebrew: כמאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: כַּמַאל

Kamal (Hebrew: כמאל) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 4,949 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 63 boys and ranked #243. Its peak year was 1965, with 101 babies.

People in Israel
4,949
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
63
rank #243
Peak year
1965
101 babies
USA, 2025
43
rank #2,884

Writing and saying Kamal

In Hebrew letters the name is כמאל, read right to left. Kamal is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Kamal by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Kamal: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Kamal in English-speaking countries

Kamal in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202543#2,8842009 (97)
United Kingdom202516#1,6872007 (38)
England and Wales202516#1,6132007 (38)
Alberta20252#1,5712000 (3)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Kamal has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Kamal

How do you write Kamal in Hebrew?

Kamal is written כמאל in Hebrew (with vowel points: כַּמַאל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Kamal?

4,949 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name כמאל: 0 women and 4,949 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Kamal a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named כמאל are men.

Is Kamal used outside Israel?

The name Kamal appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 43 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,884), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 16 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.