NameTides

Kamilah

Kamilah was the #2,017 girls' name in the US in 2025 (94 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Kamilah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kamilah 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kamilah 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#2,017 (94)#2,440 (11)#2,730 (7)
2024#1,446 (152)#3,319 (7)#2,102 (10)
2023#1,158 (209)#4,057 (5)#3,290 (5)
2022#987 (268)#3,149 (7)#2,133 (9)
2021#983 (264)#3,519 (6)#2,616 (7)
2020#825 (330)#2,449 (10)#3,251 (5)
2019#805 (341)#2,869 (8)#2,025 (10)
2018#812 (335)#2,674 (9)#3,286 (5)
2017#1,074 (237)#4,763 (4)#3,307 (5)
2016#1,137 (223)#2,966 (8)#2,383 (8)
2015#1,162 (217)#3,252 (7)—
2014#1,110 (229)#3,160 (7)#3,316 (5)
2013#1,131 (214)#3,536 (6)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,096 (225)#2,521 (10)—
2011#1,144 (214)#3,185 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #825.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 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 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kamilah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kamilah 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: 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: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kamilah (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
KamilahCanadaGirls#2,7307
KamilahEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
KamilahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KamilahUSGirls#2,01794