Kamara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MAR-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Kamara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Kamara mean?
Mandinka clan name from West Africa; also a variant of Kamaria
Kamara (Camara) is a Mandinka clan name, common as a surname in Sierra Leone, Guinea and The Gambia.
Is Kamara a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Kamara, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Kamara than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Kamara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Kamara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Kamara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Kamara, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kamara than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kamara in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were given Kamara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,468, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
Kamara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,270 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,267 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Kamara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Amira Safa Aisha Halima Amara Hafsa Ayla Hiba Amina Raya Amaya
Other spellings of Kamara
Names related to Kamara
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, “Kamara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamara, updated 20 October 2026.