Girls' name · since 2006
Kamelah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Kamelah, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kamelah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 31 have been recorded since 2006.
Kamelah has 31 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2019.
- #40,563 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamelah ranks #40,563 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #40,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kamelah's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kamelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kamelah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kamelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2019
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kamelah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Kamelah's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Kamelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kamelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2006–2019 (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 Kamelah 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.