Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kamala

#5,944 most common girls' name of all time · #10,046 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#5,944
Rank overall
#10,046 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,295
Since 2016
131
Peak year
1964 #1,065
Best rank
#1,065 1964
Girls Boys peak 105/yr
1960198020002020

Kamala first appears in 1955. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,589
2024 13 — 13 #8,066
2023 7 — 7 #12,405
2022 14 — 14 #7,714
2021 25 — 25 #5,124
2020 19 — 19 #6,139
2019 13 — 13 #8,242
2018 10 — 10 #9,959
2017 10 — 10 #10,083
2016 10 — 10 #10,247
2015 9 — 9 #11,046
2014 10 — 10 #10,272
2012 8 — 8 #12,412
2011 7 — 7 #13,580
2009 11 — 11 #10,113
2008 6 — 6 #15,707
2007 6 — 6 #15,814
2006 9 — 9 #11,595
2005 7 — 7 #13,237
2004 10 — 10 #10,057
2003 8 — 8 #11,529
2002 9 — 9 #10,393
2001 8 — 8 #11,224
1999 15 — 15 #6,586
1998 9 — 9 #9,450
1997 10 — 10 #8,504
1996 6 — 6 #12,123
1995 15 — 15 #6,050
1994 8 — 8 #9,812
1993 22 — 22 #4,577
1992 12 — 12 #7,202
1991 10 — 10 #8,168
1990 13 — 13 #6,573
1989 11 — 11 #7,117
1988 12 — 12 #6,410
1987 10 — 10 #6,984
1986 8 — 8 #7,989
1985 16 — 16 #4,734
1984 13 — 13 #5,321
1983 20 — 20 #3,881
1982 16 — 16 #4,621
1981 22 — 22 #3,685
1980 19 — 19 #4,070
1979 25 — 25 #3,294
1978 25 — 25 #3,162
1977 28 — 28 #2,874
1976 29 — 29 #2,705
1975 40 — 40 #2,158
1974 35 — 35 #2,277
1973 20 — 20 #3,310
1972 35 — 35 #2,209
1971 28 — 28 #2,655
1970 39 — 39 #2,113
1969 38 — 38 #2,053
1968 48 — 48 #1,706
1967 46 — 46 #1,699
1966 51 — 51 #1,584
1965 91 — 91 #1,108
1964 105 — 105 #1,065
1963 44 — 44 #1,753
1962 20 — 20 #2,810
1961 10 — 10 #4,504
1960 10 — 10 #4,413
1959 9 — 9 #4,589
1958 7 — 7 #5,337
1955 6 — 6 #5,794