How popular is the name Kami?

Kami ranks 1,074th among girls' names in US records, with 15,753 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,323.

Is Kami a unisex name?

No. Kami is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1980, when 399 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kamea, Kahmi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,074 of girl names

Pronounced K AA1 M IY1 (ARPABET)

Kami is a girls' name, and first appears in 1955. It has been given to 15,753 children — the 1,074th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 47% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1980, when 399 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kamea and Kahmi — because they are pronounced identically.

1980Girls: 399Boys: 0

These spellings sound identical to Kami and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kami?: Kami ranks 1,074th among girls' names in US records, with 15,753 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,323.
Is Kami a unisex name?: No. Kami is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kami most popular?: 1980, when 399 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kami spelled?: Kamea, Kahmi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.