Kami
Kami was the 3360th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 551st; the most babies were born in 1980 (307). Over the last ten years it has moved down 569 places. More babies were named Kami in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,360 girls, down 521 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46girls
- Girls and boys
- 94% girls, 6% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1980307 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,977babies recorded
Kami popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,360 | — | 46 | — |
| 2020 | #2,839 | #11,301 | 58 | 6 |
| 2010 | #1,708 | #13,283 | 123 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,714 | — | 103 | — |
| 1990 | #1,079 | — | 164 | — |
| 1980 | #604 | — | 307 | — |
| 1970 | #966 | — | 131 | — |
| 1960 | #2,222 | — | 28 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kami, counting every spelling?
Kami is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,542 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,360 for Kami on its own. Together these spellings went to 119 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kami | 46 | #3,360 | 246 |
| Cami | 34 | #4,189 | 244 |
| Kamea | 12 | #8,608 | 143 |
| Cammie | 10 | #9,579 | 40 |
| Kammie | 6 | #14,028 | 26 |
| Kamie | 5 | #16,066 | 25 |
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 Kami?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kami (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kami 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 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kami.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kami?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Kami are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 25 and 50. That makes Kami 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.
Kami by state
How common Kami was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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
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Questions about the name Kami
How popular is the name Kami?
Kami was the 3360th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 551st; the most babies were born in 1980 (307). Over the last ten years it has moved down 569 places. More babies were named Kami in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Kami a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 94% girls, 6% boys given the name Kami in the US.
Where is Kami most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kami was most common in Ohio (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.