Kamau — #7325 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kamau

The Social Security Administration has registered 921 babies named Kamau between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kamau currently holds the #7325 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamau performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kamau shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Kamau in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kamau 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 921 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.