Kajal
Kajal is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Gujarati
Meaning & Origin of Kajal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kajal is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Gujarati
The Story of Kajal
Kajal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 36 births, good for #3,237 nationwide. About 56% of every Kajal on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kajal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 369 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Kajal
Phonetically similar names — useful when Kajal is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cudgel
- Kegel
- Cajole
- Cutshall
- Kuschel
- Gudgel
- Kitchel
- Kitchell
- Kitul
- Kgl
- Caja
- Kaushal
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kajal
Kajal is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 369 births in the dataset. Kajal's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #3,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Kajal'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.