Kamai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-MY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Kamai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Kamai come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps from Kamari
Is Kamai a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kamai, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kamai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Kamai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Kamai, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kamai in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
Names like Kamai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Musa Yahya Bodhi Zayan Ayaan Eesa Arham Zayaan Muhammad Rayyan
Names related to Kamai
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kamai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamai, updated 20 October 2026.