Kamilah Girl
How popular is Kamilah?
#2,017 girl name in 2025
94 baby girls were named Kamilah in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
Kamilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,017 for girls (▼ 571 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,162 in 2015, #825 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (341 girls) |
| Highest rank | #805 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kamilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Camila family of names ranked #15 for girls in 2025 (#11 the year before), with 8,580 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Camila | 6,591 | 77% |
| Kamila | 851 | 10% |
| Camilla | 847 | 10% |
| Kamilah | 94 | 1% |
| Kamilla | 134 | 2% |
| Kamyla | 40 | 0% |
| Camilah | 12 | 0% |
| Kamylah | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kamilah is most popular
Babies named Kamilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (204 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (197 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 girls)
Kamilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 647 | #854 |
| 1980s | 678 | #1,308 |
| 1990s | 486 | #1,824 |
| 2000s | 926 | #1,272 |
| 2010s | 2,435 | #805 |
| 2020s | 1,317 | #825 |
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Questions
- Is Kamilah a boy or girl name?
- Kamilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kamilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Kamilah?
- 94 baby girls were named Kamilah in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
- When was Kamilah most popular?
- Kamilah peaked in 2019, when 341 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #805 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kamilah?
- 6,489 babies have been named Kamilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,406 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Kamilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kamilah was most common in Texas, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.