NameTides

Kami

Kami was the #3,342 girls' name in the US in 2025 (46 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Kami as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kami as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Kami as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,342 (46)—#3,478 (5)
2024#3,892 (38)—#2,685 (7)
2023#3,140 (52)#4,710 (4)#1,774 (12)
2022#3,033 (54)——
2021#2,958 (56)#4,634 (4)—
2020#2,823 (58)——
2019#3,172 (50)——
2018#3,158 (51)——
2017#3,014 (54)#5,765 (3)—
2016#3,139 (52)#5,785 (3)—
2015#2,773 (63)#4,103 (5)—
2014#2,497 (72)——
2013#2,804 (61)——
2012#2,189 (86)—#2,921 (6)
2011#2,190 (86)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1972 at #551.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.
  • In 2023, 90% of US babies named Kami were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kami is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 41,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 53,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kami by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kami (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KamiCanadaGirls#3,4785
KamiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KamiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KamiUSGirls#3,34246
KamiUSBoys—too few