Kemiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Kemiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kemiya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kemiyah; modern coinage with the -iyah ending
Meaning borrowed from Kemiyah.
Is Kemiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Kemiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Kemiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Kemiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Kiyomi, Yuna, Tru, Kamiya, Kaliyah, Kyomi, Ainhoa, Miyori, Yuri, Kimora, Kamiyah
Names related to Kemiya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kemiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemiya, updated 20 October 2026.