Kama
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 710since 1954
Kama over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kama has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
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| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Kama! It came in at #5,148, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kama is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kama in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1970 at #2,081 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,115
- Highest: 1 in 41,115 girls born in 1972 were named Kama (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,081 in 1970, was only 1 in 44,824 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 41.3% of all girls named Kama (293) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20 | #4,300 (1959) | #5,092 |
| 1960s | 108 | #2,645 (1969) | #4,134 |
| 1970s | 293 | #2,081 (1970) | #2,737 |
| 1980s | 135 | #3,739 (1981) | #6,131 |
| 1990s | 85 | #4,636 (1998) | #9,990 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,808 (2000) | #11,206 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,962 (2012) | #14,962 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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