Girls' name · since 1957
Kami
Kami has 8,925 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,925
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kami currently ranks #3354 among girls' names in America, with 8,925 babies recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kami has been recorded 8,925 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #3354 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #1,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,354 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,925 born since 1957
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kami ranks #1,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,354 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,925 born since 1957, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,925
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kami's 8,925 recorded births place it above 97.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kami compares
8,925 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Kami's all-time total is 24x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kami | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,925 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 307 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kami's full recorded timeline at 1991, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 307 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kami popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 307
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Kami popularity over time - boys
52 total births recorded since 2004 (Kami as boys' name)
Kami by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (2,438 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Kami's strongest decade.
2,438 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Kami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 847
1960s
847 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,438 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,027 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,300 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,268 births
- 2010s 698
2010s
698 births
- 2020s 304
2020s
304 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 2,438 births (27% of all-time use).
How Kami compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kami's total volume
Kami by state
Where Kami concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 691 | 7.7% |
| #2 | California | | 624 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Utah | | 615 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 313 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 266 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Washington | | 251 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 231 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 211 | 2.4% |
691 of 8,925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Kami appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kami's data
- Kami's decade-level peak was the 1970s (2,438 total births); usage has since declined to 304 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kamis (691 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Kami: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Kami 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.