Girls' name · since 2002
Kamayah
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 270 babies named Kamayah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,477 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kamayah is the #6477 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 270 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamayah has been recorded 270 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #6477 nationally and more common than 63% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,477 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 270 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamayah ranks #16,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,477 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 270 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,477 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kamayah's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kamayah compares
270 43rd 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
Kamayah's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kamayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kamayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kamayah splits its recorded history at 2013: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kamayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kamayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (95 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Kamayah's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kamayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 95 births (35% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kamayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
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, 2002–2025 (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 Kamayah 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.