Kamara
Kamara was the 3943rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2235th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 264 places. More babies were named Kamara in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,943 girls, down 1,106 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200788 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,092babies recorded
Kamara popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 26 since 2002.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,943 | 37 |
| 2020 | #2,837 | 58 |
| 2010 | #2,393 | 79 |
| 2000 | #3,617 | 36 |
| 1990 | #3,951 | 26 |
| 1980 | #6,082 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,887 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kamara, counting every spelling?
Kamara is the most common spelling of a name family that had 54 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 54 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamara | 37 | #3,943 | 255 |
| Camara | 12 | #8,459 | 55 |
| Kamarah | 5 | #16,058 | 33 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kamara?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kamara (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kamara 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 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kamara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kamara?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Kamara are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 11 and 29. That makes Kamara mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Kamara by state
How common Kamara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kamara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kamara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kamara
How popular is the name Kamara?
Kamara was the 3943rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2235th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 264 places. More babies were named Kamara in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kamara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kamara in the US.
Where is Kamara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kamara was most common in South Carolina (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and California.