Fun Facts About the Name Amaal
- 210 babies named Amaal: U.S. records list 210 babies given the name Amaal from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amaal Mean?
Amaal is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "hopes" or "aspirations." It is the plural of amal (أمل), the Arabic noun for "hope," and is written āmāl (آمال) in Arabic. The plural is a broken plural formed within Arabic, not a borrowing from another language.
Because Arabic often uses ordinary nouns as personal names, the plural āmāl can function as a name in its own right. In English transliteration, the long vowels are sometimes shown as Aamaal or Aamal; the common spelling Amaal reflects the same Arabic form. The name is not related to aʿmāl (أعمال), "deeds" or "works," which comes from a different Arabic root.
Amaal Name History & Origins
The name comes from the Arabic root ʾ-m-l, which means hoping or expecting. The singular noun amal (أمل) means "hope," and the plural āmāl (آمال) means "hopes." Arabic uses many ordinary nouns as personal names, including abstract nouns, so the plural form could be adopted as a name in its own right. In this way Amaal is related to the better-known singular name Amal, but it is not simply a misspelling of it: the Arabic words differ in number.
As a given name, Amaal is found in Arabic-speaking countries and in Arabic-speaking communities elsewhere. English spellings vary because the long vowels of Arabic are not represented consistently in Latin script; Aamaal and Aamal are among the forms that appear. The name is typically feminine in Arabic usage.
How Popular is the Name Amaal?
Amaal has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #7,272 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,913 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #13,534 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #7,660 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #7,651 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #7,272 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,578 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #9,148 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,183 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,818 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #9,452 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #13,091 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #11,999 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,295 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #16,936 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #15,372 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #17,688 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,745 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,749 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #12,492 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #13,700 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,926 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #10,576 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Amaal Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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