Girls' name · since 1976
Kameela
247 babies named Kameela in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kameela is the #11187 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 247 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kameela has been recorded 247 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #11187 nationally and more common than 35% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #17,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,187 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 247 born since 1976
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kameela ranks #17,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,187 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 247 born since 1976, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kameela's 247 recorded births place it above 75.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kameela compares
247 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
Kameela's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kameela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 247 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kameela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kameela splits its recorded history at 2007: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kameela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kameela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Kameela's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Kameela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (27% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kameela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Kameela 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.