girls:
1k births since 1995
#4668 (18th percentile)
boys:
680 births since 1991
#3907 (15th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1991
#6023 (22nd percentile)
The name Kamani is the #6,023 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,728 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 22.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,668 (18.3% percentile) for all time with 1,048 births since 1995. For boys, it ranks #3,907 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 680 births since 1991.
Kamani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for boys and 1995 for girls).
The name Kamani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 70.3% of babies named Kamani were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for boys (61.8% boys from 1991 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (64.8% girls from 2004 to 2023).
For girls, Kamani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #874) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kamani ranks #888 for girls (6.2% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 91.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kamani reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #864) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kamani ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 69.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kamani".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kamani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Kamani is pronounced as kuh-MAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-MAH-nee, at 23.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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