How Many People Are Named Kemal?
people named Kemal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 941,556 people in the US has this name
Based on 373 babies named Kemal in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
15 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of KAMAL (1). This was the second name, acquired in his youth, of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), the founder of modern Turkey.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kemal in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kemal alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kemal first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 2023, to 15 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kemal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,006, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #13,002.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,002 |
| Best rank | #4,006 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,439 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kemal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kemal were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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