Ajmal
Ajmal is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. It means “most beautiful” or “more handsome.” Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Ajmal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ajmal is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. It means “most beautiful” or “more handsome.” Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Ajmal
Ajmal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1986, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 8 births, good for #7,415 nationwide. About 49% of every Ajmal on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ajmal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 63 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ajmal
Ajmal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 63 births in the dataset. Ajmal's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #7,415. Use the chart and map above to compare Ajmal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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