Kamilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEE-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,017 for girls
Kamilah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “perfect, complete”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Kamilah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Kamil
“perfect, complete”
Feminine of Kamil; the same Arabic root gives kamal, 'perfection', also used as a name.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kamilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 94 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Kamilah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.
2025 had the most girls named Kamilah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kamilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Kamilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Kamilah 11
- Kamile 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Kamilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Kamilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,017th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Kamilah, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 341 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kamilah than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Kamilah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 145 girls in the US were given Kamilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,301, up from #2,017 for this spelling alone.
Kamilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,446 |
| 2023 | 209 | #1,158 |
| 2022 | 268 | #987 |
| 2021 | 264 | #983 |
| 2020 | 330 | #825 |
| 2019 | 341 | #805 |
| 2018 | 335 | #812 |
| 2017 | 237 | #1,074 |
| 2016 | 223 | #1,137 |
| 2015 | 217 | #1,162 |
| 2014 | 229 | #1,110 |
| 2013 | 214 | #1,131 |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,096 |
| 2011 | 214 | #1,144 |
| 2010 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 191 | #1,272 |
| 2008 | 147 | #1,562 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,910 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,389 |
| 1982 | 96 | #1,308 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,559 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,419 |
| 1979 | 107 | #1,210 |
| 1978 | 122 | #1,078 |
| 1977 | 172 | #854 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
Nicknames for Kamilah
Names like Kamilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Safa, Zainab, Khadija, Ayah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Aaminah, Amira, Safiya, Farah
Other spellings of Kamilah
Names related to Kamilah
Kamila, Kamilla, Kamelia, Kamilia, Kamille, Kamil, Khamila, Camilah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Kamilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamilah, updated 20 October 2026.