Kamiyah

What Kamiyah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kamiyah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,266 in 2015 to #983 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kamiyah?

US: Rising: up from #1266 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4736 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 414 girls got the name (#687 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 6,254 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.74 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.44 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kamiyah is #983 in the US and #1584 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kamiyah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kamiya99 US · 3 E&W
• Kamaya62 US
• Kamya50 US
• Kamaiyah36 US · 3 E&W
• Camiyah30 US
• Kamyah21 US
• Kamayah18 US
• Kamyiah13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kamiyah

Girls

• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kamiyah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.