Showing Category Title

I’m working on a theme that has different category sections on the home page, like sports, news, commentary, etc. I’m trying to find a way where I can call the category title from the database so if any of the category names change we don’t have to do in the code.

I could I use something like query_post(cat=1) and then just some how call the title?

This is the coded I’m using for the sections right now:

<h2>Category 2</h2>
<ul>

<?php
								query_posts("cat=7showposts=6");			if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
								<li><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></li>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
								<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
								<?php endif; ?> 

</ul>

So I’m looking for a way to dynamically call the category title into the h2 tag. Any ideas?