Amel
Amel is both a given name and a surname.
- Bosnian
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Amel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amel is both a given name and a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bosnian
- Arabic
The Story of Amel
As a girl name
Amel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 24 births, good for #4,791 nationwide. About 33% of every Amel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Amel ranks #8,324 for girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-26%). All told, over 483 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Amel on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 21 Amels were born — ranking #3,842 that year. About 25% of every Amel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Amel ranks #7,471 for boys with 8 births, falling sharply (-30%). All told, over 638 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Amel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Amel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aamaal
Names that sound like Amel
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About the name Amel
Amel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 638 births in the dataset. Amel's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #1,878. Use the chart and map above to compare Amel'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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