Recorded 1917–2008 Girls' name Peak 1990 208 births

Kameko — girls' name

208 babies named Kameko in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s141970s381980s531990s642000s29
1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Kameko was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

14 babies were named Kameko in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kameko

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Kameko between 1917 and 2008, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kameko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kameko performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kameko shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kameko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kameko 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 208 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.

Kameko at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

208

Since 1917

92 years of records

Peak year

1990

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1917

Recorded for 92 years

Last year on file: 2008

Kameko popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1917

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1990)
14
Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
46810121416 20082000199519881981197619201917 5

Kameko popularity over time — boys

5 total births recorded since 1977 (Kameko as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1977 5

Kameko by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
64 births that decade — 31% of Kameko's all-time total
1910s101920s141970s381980s531990s642000s29

Kameko by state

Where Kameko concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kameko
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
24 11.5%
Hawaii share of Kameko's total US births 11.5%

24 of 208 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kameko?
208 babies have been named Kameko since 1917. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1990 with 14 births.
When was Kameko most popular?
Kameko was most popular in the 1990s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Kameko most popular?
The top states for the name Kameko are Hawaii (24 births).
How long has the name Kameko been used?
Kameko has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 92 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Kameko?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kamryn, Kamila, Kami, Kamilah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.