Kemyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEM-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Kemyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kemyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kemya; Ke- with a -mya ending
Meaning borrowed from Kemya.
Is Kemyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kemyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kemyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Kemyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Kamiyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Zariah, Janiyah, Zaliyah, Aziyah, Zayla, Zainab, Safa
Names related to Kemyah
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, “Kemyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemyah, updated 20 October 2026.