Girls' name · since 1999
Kemyah
Kemyah has 111 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 111
- total births
- 1999–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Kemyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 111 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Kemyah recorded 111 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2017.
- 111 total births
- 1999–2017 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kemyah's 111 recorded births place it above 64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kemyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kemyah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kemyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kemyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kemyah's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kemyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Kemyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2010s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1999–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kemyah: Baby Name Since 1999 - 111 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kemyah. 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 Kemyah 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.