Kemi — #9651 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kemi

The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Kemi between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kemi currently holds the #9651 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kemi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kemi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemi 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 376 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.