Girls' name · since 1974

Kamera

Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 274 babies named Kamera, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#16,694 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,338 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
274
born since 1974
1990s
peak decade

Kamera currently ranks #15338 among girls' names in America, with 274 babies recorded since 1974.

Social Security Administration records show Kamera recorded 274 times among girls since 1974, holding rank #15338 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.

  • #16,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,338 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 274 born since 1974
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamera ranks #16,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.

#16,694 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,338 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
274
born since 1974
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%11.3%
Kamera vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Kamera's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kamera compares

274 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kamera's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kamera Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 274 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Kamera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kamera splits its recorded history at 2005: 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 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kamera popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
19
Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
05101520 197419921996200120062010201420222025 5

Kamera by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 31% of the file).

1990s was Kamera's strongest decade.

84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.

Kamera births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (31% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kamera?
Since 1974, Social Security records show 274 babies named Kamera. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #16,694 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,338 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2008, with 19 births.
Where does Kamera sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamera ranks #16,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kamera most popular?
Kamera was most popular in the 1990s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Kamera been used?
The SSA has tracked Kamera since 1974 -- 52 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kamera?
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.

What to do with Kamera's data

  • Kamera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kamera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1974–2025 (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 Kamera 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.