Girls' name · since 1982
Kamea
Kamea has 1,076 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,139 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,518 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,076
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kamea currently ranks #8518 among girls' names in America, with 1,076 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Kamea recorded 1,076 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #8518 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #7,139 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,518 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,076 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamea ranks #7,139 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,518 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,076 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,139 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,518 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,076
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kamea's 1,076 recorded births place it above 90.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kamea compares
1,076 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Kamea's all-time total is 186% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kamea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,076 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kamea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kamea's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kamea popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kamea popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2022 (Kamea as boys' name)
Kamea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (429 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Kamea's strongest decade.
429 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kamea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
429 births
- 2010s
2010s
425 births
- 2020s
2020s
173 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 429 births (40% of all-time use).
How Kamea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kamea's total volume
Kamea by state
Where Kamea concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 204 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Nevada | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
204 of 1,076 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Kamea's data
- Kamea's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (429 total births) through the 2020s (173) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kameas (204 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kamea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Kamea 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.