girls' name ★ peaked 2022

Kamila

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #357 Trend ↓ Falling 17%
Rank 2025
#357
among girls · ↓65 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
851
named Kamila · -22% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,889
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
1,383 babies
All-time total
20,098
#1,067 all-time among girls
First recorded
1963
in Social Security records

Kamila popularity over time

20,098 babies have been named Kamila since 1963, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2022Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 18 2 – #5,348
1970s 110 11 +511% #3,825
1980s 153 15 +39% #4,048
1990s 386 39 +152% #2,188
2000s 2,651 265 +587% #515
2010s 9,593 959 +262% #238
2020s (to 2025) 7,187 1,198 +25% #214

Where Kamila is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 823 0.51 #373
2027 800 0.50 #387
2028 781 0.49 #398
2029 766 0.48 #408
2030 752 0.47 #416

Where Kamila is most popular

Girls named Kamila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.720 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, California, and Nevada.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Kamila born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 66 2.71 +277%
California 1,436 1.71 +137%
Nevada 79 1.70 +136%
Texas 1,254 1.56 +117%
Arizona 189 1.35 +87%
Illinois 274 1.20 +66%
Washington 148 1.02 +42%
Florida 431 1.01 +40%
Connecticut 54 0.928 +29%
Oregon 59 0.906 +26%
Hawaii 10 0.872 +21%
Idaho 28 0.837 +16%
Colorado 90 0.806 +12%
Massachusetts 97 0.802 +11%
Nebraska 28 0.779 +8%
New Jersey 140 0.776 +8%
Kansas 41 0.711 ≈ national
Oklahoma 49 0.666 -7%
North Carolina 127 0.558 -22%
Georgia 123 0.541 -25%
South Carolina 47 0.523 -27%
Indiana 72 0.513 -29%
Arkansas 27 0.511 -29%
Maryland 54 0.510 -29%
District of Columbia 6 0.506 -30%
Utah 42 0.505 -30%
New York 197 0.497 -31%
Wisconsin 44 0.427 -41%
Virginia 72 0.422 -41%
Pennsylvania 93 0.393 -45%
Iowa 21 0.359 -50%
Minnesota 38 0.352 -51%
Tennessee 54 0.341 -53%
Louisiana 29 0.331 -54%
Kentucky 27 0.316 -56%
Ohio 66 0.278 -61%
Mississippi 10 0.214 -70%
Alabama 20 0.213 -70%
Michigan 34 0.187 -74%
Missouri 15 0.124 -83%
Alaska – – –
Delaware – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Kamila

Kamila is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #357 in 2025 with 851 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1963, 20,098 American babies have been named Kamila. Its peak came in 2022, when 1,383 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Kamila stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Kamila?

The median living Kamila is about 8 years old; half are between 4 and 13. An estimated 20 thousand people named Kamila are alive in the United States today.

median 8 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Kamila year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 851 #357
2024 1,088 #292
2023 1,198 #258
2022 1,383 #214
2021 1,319 #228
2020 1,348 #214
2019 1,321 #238
2018 1,234 #267
2017 1,104 #294
2016 978 #341
2015 996 #329
2014 795 #406
2013 851 #367
2012 862 #362
2011 736 #424
2010 716 #433
2009 588 #515
2008 539 #572
2007 394 #740
2006 308 #867
2005 225 #1,063
2004 201 #1,137
2003 124 #1,557
2002 112 #1,650
2001 102 #1,758
2000 58 #2,580
1995 31 #3,529
1990 20 #4,767
1985 16 #4,725
1980 11 #6,085
1975 13 #4,707
1970 7 #6,640
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Kamila

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Kamila Shamsie Kamila Shamsie Pakistani and British writer and novelist (born 1973) Contemporary
  2. 2 Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Polish hammer thrower 1982–2009 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Kamila Lićwinko Kamila Lićwinko Polish high jumper b. 1986 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Kamila Chudzik Kamila Chudzik Polish heptathlete (born 1986) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Kamila, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Kamila?

The median living Kamila is about 8 years old. Half of all living Kamilas are between 4 and 13 years old.

How many people named Kamila are alive today?

An estimated 20 thousand people named Kamila are alive in the United States, based on 20,098 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Kamila in 2025?

Kamila ranked #357 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 851 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Kamila?

20,098 babies have been named Kamila in the United States since 1963, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Kamila most popular?

Kamila peaked in 2022, when 1,383 newborns received the name.

Is Kamila a boy or girl name?

Kamila is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Kamila rising or falling?

Kamila is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Kamila become more popular?

Kamila is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 752 girls named Kamila in 2030, which would rank around #416. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Kamila?

Well-known people named Kamila include Kamila Shamsie (writer), Kamila Skolimowska (athlete), Kamila Lićwinko (athlete).

Names like Kamila

Names that sound and feel close to Kamila: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

Compare Kamila with similar names → More names starting with K →