Kamala
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 105 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,295since 1955
Kamala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kamala has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,682 | 46 |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 |
| 1964 | #1,060 | 105 |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five girls were named Kamala! It came in at #5,208, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kamala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kamala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,490 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #9,457)
- 3,374 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #9,457)
- 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1964 at #1,060 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,046
- Highest: 1 in 18,046 girls born in 1964 were named Kamala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 35.8% of all girls named Kamala (463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #4,300 (1959) | #4,799 |
| 1960s | 463 | #1,060 (1964) | #2,201 |
| 1970s | 304 | #2,081 (1970) | #2,631 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,625 (1981) | #5,358 |
| 1990s | 120 | #4,524 (1993) | #7,747 |
| 2000s | 74 | #9,892 (2004) | #11,976 |
| 2010s | 77 | #8,138 (2019) | #10,568 |
| 2020s | 88 | #5,091 (2021) | #8,071 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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