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Kamiya

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-MEE-a
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,942 for girls

Kamiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,942nd for girls in the US (99 babies).

What does Kamiya mean?

Modern: Ka- + Miya; also a Japanese surname

As a Japanese surname, Kamiya is often written with characters meaning 'god' and 'valley'.

Is Kamiya a girl's or a boy's name?

Kamiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 99 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kamiya in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 71% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kamiya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 7 in 20172025
Kamiya in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20245#4,253
20234#4,915
20220–
20213#5,824
20200–
20194#4,904
20183#5,896
20177#3,395
20164#4,980
20150–
20140–
20133#6,003
20120–
20113#6,007
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#5,259
20050–
20043#4,789

How popular is Kamiya in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,942among girls
Babies in 2025
99about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 99 girls in the US were named Kamiya, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,442nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 186 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.

2025 had fewer girls named Kamiya than any year since 2004.

Half of all the girls named Kamiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1984Busiest: 186 in 20082025
Kamiya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202599#1,942
2024108#1,852
2023107#1,865
2022116#1,775
2021135#1,554
2020151#1,442
2019143#1,516
2018151#1,451
2017139#1,572
2016176#1,345
2015147#1,526
2014136#1,583
2013147#1,502
2012129#1,651
2011143#1,531
2010170#1,367
2009165#1,420
2008186#1,325
2007170#1,402
2006118#1,761
2005103#1,877
200487#2,085
200350#2,996
200240#3,390
200148#2,959
200051#2,813
199939#3,242
199819#5,359
199720#5,006
199615#6,059
199512#7,036
19949#8,798
19936#11,773
19927#10,471
199110#7,980
19907#10,187
19899#8,031
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19846#9,139

Names like Kamiya

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Kamiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamiya, updated 20 October 2026.