Kemba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kemba

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Kemba between 1971 and 1999, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kemba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemba performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kemba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kemba in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemba 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 169 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.