girls:
16 births since 2017
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
92 births since 2006
#4494 (2nd percentile)
overall:
108 births since 2006
#7631 (1st percentile)
The name Kamai is the #7,631 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 108 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,494 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2006. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2017.
Kamai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Kamai is available in 13 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023 (12 years for boys and 3 years for girls). 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.
The name Kamai has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 72.2% of babies named Kamai were boys.
For boys, Kamai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kamai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #903 (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million.
For girls, Kamai reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #948) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kamai ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 90.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kamai".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kamai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Kamai is pronounced as kuh-MAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-MAY, at 21.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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