girls:
4.8k births since 1994
#2440 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1994
#3920 (49th percentile)
The name Kamiyah is the #3,920 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,844 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 49.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,440 (57.3% percentile) for all time with 4,844 births since 1994.
Kamiyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994). Birth data for Kamiyah is available in 29 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023. 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, Kamiyah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 40.8% percentile (ranked #557) with 234 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 234 births per million (ranked 40.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kamiyah ranks #671 for girls (29.2% percentile) with 165 births per million, which is 70.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kamiyah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kamiyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.6% confident that Kamiyah is pronounced as kuh-MEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-mee-uh, at 20.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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