Girls' name · since 1961
Kemi
Kemi has 383 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
383 babies have been named Kemi since 1961, making it today's #12129 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kemi has been recorded 383 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #12129 nationally and more common than 30% 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 1961 to 2025.
- #13,877 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,129 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 383 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kemi ranks #13,877 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,129 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 383 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kemi's 383 recorded births place it above 80.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Kemi compares
383 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Kemi's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kemi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 383 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kemi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kemi's full recorded timeline at 1995, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kemi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Kemi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (71 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Kemi's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Kemi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 71 births (19% of all-time use).
Kemi by state
Where Kemi concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 383 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kemi's data
- Kemi's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Kemis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Kemi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Kemi 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.