girls:
710 births since 1954
#5006 (12th percentile)
overall:
710 births since 1954
#7029 (9th percentile)
The name Kama is the #7,029 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 710 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,006 (12.4% percentile) for all time with 710 births since 1954.
Kama first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (first recorded for girls in 1954). Birth data for Kama is available in 49 out of the 59 years between 1954 and 2012. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kama reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #735) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kama".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.7% confident that Kama is pronounced as KAH-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KUH-muh, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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