Girls' name · since 1917
Kameko
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.
- #19,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kameko sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 208 recorded since 1917.
Kameko has 208 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2008.
- #19,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 208 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kameko ranks #19,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kameko's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
Kameko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kameko splits its recorded history at 1987: 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 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kameko popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 92 years of records
Kameko popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1977 (Kameko as boys' name)
Kameko by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Kameko's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kameko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 14
1920s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (31% of all-time use).
Kameko by state
Where Kameko concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 24 | 11.5% |
24 of 208 births nationwide.
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- Kameko's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2000s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Hawaii records the most Kamekos (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii 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 Kameko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~91 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, 1917–2008 (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 Kameko 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.