Girls' name · since 1976
Kameelah
462 babies named Kameelah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 462
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kameelah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 462 recorded since 1976.
Kameelah has 462 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2024.
- #12,436 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 462 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kameelah ranks #12,436 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 462 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 462
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kameelah's 462 recorded births place it above 82.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kameelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kameelah splits its recorded history at 2000: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kameelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2024
- Peak year (1977)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Kameelah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (115 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Kameelah's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Kameelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
115 births
- 1980s
1980s
112 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 115 births (25% of all-time use).
Kameelah by state
Where Kameelah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.1% |
37 of 462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Kameelah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kameelahs (37 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kameelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1976–2024 (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 Kameelah 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.