# Kami (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kami/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52 / 8,925 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 2,205 |
| 2012 | 86 | 2,198 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,822 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,504 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,791 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,160 |
| 2017 | 54 | 3,037 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,183 |
| 2019 | 50 | 3,198 |
| 2020 | 58 | 2,839 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,978 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,054 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,158 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,924 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,360 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 12,298 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,022 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,395 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,283 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,100 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,301 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8,040 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,528 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## People named Kami

- Kami Craig, American water polo player
- Kami Garcia, American writer
- Kami Andrews, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.