Kamilah
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Perfect
- Origin
- Arabic
Kamilah Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 6,395 baby girls have been named Kamilah. The name peaked in 2019 with 341 US births that year (rank #806). In 2024, ranked #1444 nationally — 638 places below its 2019 peak.
Top States for Kamilah
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Kamilah births are: California (1,265), Texas (773), New York (418).
Other Arabic-Origin Names Like Kamilah
If you like Kamilah's Arabic origin, consider these related names: Aaleyah, Aaliyah, Aban, Abbas, Abbud. Browse all Arabic names →
7-Letter Names Starting with K
Names with Kamilah's exact length and starting letter: Kachada, Kachina, Kadeen,, Kadeer,, Kadence.
Quick Facts About Kamilah
US Popularity History (2018–2022)
Annual US births named Kamilah by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2019 with 341 girls named Kamilah (girl rank #806 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #988 for girls (268 US births). That's 182 places below its 2019 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
Paste the snippet below on any HTML page. Includes a credit link back to 9BabyNames — please keep it intact.
Where in the US Is Kamilah Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kamilah the strongest states are Nevada, Massachusetts, Arizona.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #497 | 26 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #677 | 25 |
| 3 | Arizona | #681 | 72 |
| 4 | Washington | #687 | 31 |
| 5 | California | #720 | 510 |
| 6 | Texas | #757 | 396 |
| 7 | Illinois | #818 | 63 |
| 8 | Florida | #923 | 110 |
| 9 | New York | #1,253 | 40 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #1,253 | 40 |
| 2 | Florida | #923 | 110 |
| 3 | Illinois | #818 | 63 |
| 4 | Texas | #757 | 396 |
| 5 | California | #720 | 510 |
| 6 | Washington | #687 | 31 |
| 7 | Arizona | #681 | 72 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #677 | 25 |
| 9 | Nevada | #497 | 26 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kamilah in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Looking for names like Kamilah?
A dedicated page with 60+ related names — spelling variants, rhymes, alliterations, same-origin matches, and shared meaning concepts — lives at its own URL so each kind of similarity gets a deeper treatment than fits here.
Compare Kamilah to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kamilah against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).