Kamala
Kamala was the 9767th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1063rd with 105 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,592 places. More babies were named Kamala in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,767 girls, down 3,573 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1964105 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,295babies recorded
Kamala popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,767 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,194 | 19 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #6,640 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,056 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,098 | 39 |
| 1960 | #4,307 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kamala, counting every spelling?
Kamala has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kamala?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kamala (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kamala born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kamala.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kamala?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Kamala are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 33 and 60. That makes Kamala mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Kamala
How popular is the name Kamala?
Kamala was the 9767th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1063rd with 105 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,592 places. More babies were named Kamala in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Kamala a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kamala in the US.