Kemya — #16130 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kemya

The Social Security Administration has registered 605 babies named Kemya between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kemya currently holds the #16130 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kemya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Kemya in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemya 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 605 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.