Girls' name · since 1999
Kemara
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Kemara, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 120
- total births
- 1999–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
120 girls have been named Kemara since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kemara has been recorded 120 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2021.
- 120 total births
- 1999–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kemara's 120 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kemara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kemara's full recorded timeline at 2007, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kemara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2021
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kemara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kemara's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Kemara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 76 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kemara's data
- Kemara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1999–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kemara: Baby Name Since 1999 - 120 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kemara. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kemara 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 July 2026.