Kamya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAM-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Kamya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “desirable, lovely”. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Kamya mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit kamya; in the US also Ka- + Mya
“desirable, lovely”
An Indian name from Sanskrit kamya 'desirable'; in the US it can also be a blend of Ka- and Mya.
Is Kamya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Kamya, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 278 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Kamya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Kamya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Kamya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,787 |
| 2017 | 97 | #2,018 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 82 | #2,278 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,602 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2011 | 201 | #1,196 |
| 2010 | 196 | #1,230 |
| 2009 | 278 | #961 |
| 2008 | 261 | #1,011 |
| 2007 | 232 | #1,115 |
| 2006 | 259 | #1,001 |
| 2005 | 192 | #1,191 |
| 2004 | 165 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,604 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,964 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,399 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Kamya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kavya Arya Navya Aarya Aadhya Aanya Anya Vanya Krisha Prisha Isha Saanvi
Other spellings of Kamya
Names related to Kamya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Kamya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamya, updated 20 October 2026.