Kamaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Kamaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Kamaya mean?
Modern: Ka- + Maya
A modern coinage combining Ka- with Maya.
Is Kamaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 girls.
Kamaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Kamaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Kamaya, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 110 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kamaya than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Kamaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 459 girls in the US were given Kamaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #633, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
Kamaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,664 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,913 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,988 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Kamaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Raya, Khadija, Anaya, Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Inaya, Alaya, Maya, Ayah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Kamaya
Kamiyah, Kamaiyah, Camiyah, Kamayah, Khamiyah, Camaya, Camiya, Khamiya, Kamaiya, Camyah
Names related to Kamaya
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, “Kamaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamaya, updated 20 October 2026.