girl's name

Kamiyah

  • Origin African American English
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 5,605

the United States

#986

2025 births

Kamiyah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 257 babies in the United States, ranking #986. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Kamiyah is a name of African American English origin.
  • Peaked in 2020, when 414 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 12,900 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1994.

Kamiyah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,338
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kamiyah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 101
2000s 1,006
2010s 2,338
2020s (to 2025) 1,929

How popular is Kamiyah?

In 2025, Kamiyah was given to 257 babies in the United States, ranking #986 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Kamiyah is used

United States #986 257 in 2025
England & Wales #1,611 19 in 2025
Canada #2,571 8 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kamiyah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kamiyah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kamiyah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Kamiyah in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Bangla
Kamiya

Sibling names for Kamiyah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kamiyah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kamiyah

How popular is the name Kamiyah?

In 2025, Kamiyah was given to 257 babies in the United States, ranking #986 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Kamiyah a girl's or a boy's name?

Kamiyah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kamiyah most popular?

Kamiyah peaked in 2020, when 414 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Kamiyah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kamiyah currently ranks #986 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.