Kameelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Kameelah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “perfect, complete”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kameelah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Kamila
“perfect, complete”
An Arabic spelling with the -ah ending; Kamil and Kamila share the root meaning 'complete'.
Is Kameelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kameelah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kameelah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kameelah in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kameelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
Nicknames for Kameelah
Names like Kameelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Hadassah, Farrah, Safiya, Zainab, Khadija, Nusaybah, Aliya, Samira, Safa, Kamilah
Names related to Kameelah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kameelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kameelah, updated 20 October 2026.