Kameo — unisex name
121 babies named Kameo in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Kameo was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kameo in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kameo
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Kameo between 1975 and 2016, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kameo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Kameo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2016.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kameo performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kameo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kameo 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 121 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.
Kameo at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kameo popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1975
- Peak year (1987)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
121 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 11 births in a single year.
Kameo popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2016 (Kameo as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kameo accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kameo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 51% of Kameo's all-time total
Kameo decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kameo's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2016 (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.