Kamayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Kamayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Kamayah mean?
Modern: spelling of Kamaya; Ka- + Maya
A modern coinage combining Ka- with Maya.
Meaning borrowed from Kamaya.
Is Kamayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamayah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Kamayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
How popular is Kamayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kamayah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kamayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 459 girls in the US were given Kamayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #633, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Kamayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
Names like Kamayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zenayah, Kamiyah, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Aafiyah, Alaiyah, Ayah, Hidayah
Other spellings of Kamayah
Kamiyah, Kamaya, Kamaiyah, Camiyah, Khamiyah, Camaya, Camiya, Khamiya, Kamaiya, Camyah
Names related to Kamayah
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, “Kamayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamayah, updated 20 October 2026.