Kamuela
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-moo-EH-lah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kamuela is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kamuela mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of Samuel
“God has heard”
The Hawaiian form of Samuel; Kamuela is also another name for the town of Waimea on Hawaii Island.
Is Kamuela a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamuela is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamuela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kamuela, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Kamuela in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamuela in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
Names like Kamuela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yehuda, Musa, Mustafa, Hamza, Ezra, Elisha, Ibrahim, Kainoa, Jeremiah, Keanu, Asa, Zachariah
Names related to Kamuela
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Kamuela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamuela, updated 20 October 2026.