Girls' name · since 1981

Kamiko

112 babies named Kamiko in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#25,876 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,653 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
112
born since 1981
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Kamiko is the #9653 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 112 recorded since 1981.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamiko has been recorded 112 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #9653 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.

  • #25,876 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,653 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 112 born since 1981
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamiko ranks #25,876 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,653 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.

#25,876 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,653 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
112
born since 1981
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%44.1%
Kamiko vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kamiko's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% 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 Kamiko compares

112 27th 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

Kamiko's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kamiko Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 112 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Kamiko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kamiko splits its recorded history at 2019: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kamiko popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
16
Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
05101520 1981198720042019202120232025 10

Kamiko by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 58% of the file).

2020s was Kamiko's strongest decade.

65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Kamiko births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (58% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kamiko?
Kamiko has been given to 112 babies in the U.S. since 1981, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #25,876 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #9,653 of 17,297. 16 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
Where does Kamiko sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kamiko ranks #25,876 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,653 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 Kamiko most popular?
Kamiko was most popular in the 2020s decade with 65 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Kamiko been used?
The SSA has tracked Kamiko since 1981 -- 45 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kamiko?
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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kamiko: 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, 1981–2025 (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 Kamiko 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.