Kamara — #3526 US girls' name
2,029 babies named Kamara in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Kamara was born in this single decade.
88 babies were named Kamara in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kamara
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,029 babies named Kamara between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kamara currently holds the #3526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 88 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 597 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kamara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 130 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kamara in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kamara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,029 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kamara at a glance
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Current rank
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Kamara popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2007)
- 88
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #3526 among girls.
2,029 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 88 births in a single year.
Kamara popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 2002 (Kamara as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kamara accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kamara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 597 births that decade — 29% of Kamara's all-time total
Kamara decade highlights
- Peak decade 597 births
- Runner-up 546 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kamara's strongest decade
597 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Kamara by state
Where Kamara concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 130 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 89 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 65 | 3.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 63 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 37 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.3% |
130 of 2,029 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kamara appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.