Kamala
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kamala is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kamala mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit, masculine equivalent Kamal.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kamala a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamala in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Kamala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Kamala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kamala, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Kamala in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,568 |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,097 |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,060 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,737 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Kamala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Halima Amira Safa Maya Aisha Zunaisha Uma Hiba Alisha Ayla Summer
Names related to Kamala
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Kamala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamala, updated 20 October 2026.