Kemiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Kemiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Kemiyah come from?
Modern: modern coinage with the -iyah ending
Is Kemiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kemiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Kemiyah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kemiyah than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Kemiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Kemiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Kamiyah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Aziyah, Naziyah, Jaziyah, Hadassah, Sariyah, Kaziyah
Names related to Kemiyah
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, “Kemiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemiyah, updated 20 October 2026.