Kemya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEM-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Kemya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kemya come from?
Modern: Ke- with a -mya ending
Is Kemya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemya is a girls' name.
How popular is Kemya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Kemya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,160 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Kemya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Kimora, Yuna, Arya, Kamora, Kaliyah, Anya, Jayla, Kaia, Keyla, Nevaeh, Zuri
Names related to Kemya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kemya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemya, updated 20 October 2026.