Kajal comes from the Hindi / Indian / Marathi / Nepali tradition, meaning Black eyeliner or kohl..
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How popular is Kajal?
1996peak year
Today, Kajal has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1996, 36 babies were given the name (ranked #3265 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. In all, around 369 babies have been registered as Kajal since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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