Girls' name · since 1998

Kamaiya

245 babies named Kamaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,788 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,808 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
245
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade

Kamaiya currently ranks #15808 among girls' names in America, with 245 babies recorded since 1998.

Kamaiya has 245 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15808 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #17,788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,808 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 245 born since 1998
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamaiya ranks #17,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,808 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 245 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.

#17,788 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,808 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
245
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.6%
Kamaiya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Kamaiya's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kamaiya compares

245 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kamaiya's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kamaiya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 245 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Kamaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kamaiya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kamaiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
19
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
05101520 19982003200820122016202020242025 5

Kamaiya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 40% of the file).

2010s was Kamaiya's strongest decade.

98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Kamaiya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kamaiya?
Since 1998, Social Security records show 245 babies named Kamaiya. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #17,788 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,808 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2006, with 19 births.
Where does Kamaiya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamaiya ranks #17,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,808 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kamaiya most popular?
Kamaiya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 98 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Kamaiya been used?
Kamaiya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 28 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kamaiya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kamryn, Kamila, Kami, Kamilah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kamaiya's data

  • Kamaiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kamaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kamaiya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.