How rare is the name Kamil?

4,048 people in the United States have the first name Kamil, about 1 in 74,613. It ranks #4,552 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KAMIL

#4,552

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,048
About
1 in 74,613
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,048 people named Kamil, 64.4% reported their origin as White, 17.8% as Black and 9% as Hispanic or Latino. 87.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kamil peaked in 2006, when 104 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
104
In 2025*
40 ▼62%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 2,643 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kamil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,749. The largest share of babies named Kamil, 48.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#10,20069
1980s#6,967174
1990s#4,138521
2000s#3,749845
2010s#4,439708
2020s#5,320326
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–9618.1%
Generation Z 1997–1248.5%
2013 and later30.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kamil is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kamil has been most common in Illinois (8.6×), New Jersey (4.6×), and New York (3.9×), and least common in Texas (0.39×).

1,053 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Kamil

1 other first name also has 4,048 people.

#4,552 Nhung · 4,048

Either side of Kamil

#4,549 Sandro · 4,051#4,551 Winfred · 4,050#4,552 Nhung · 4,048#4,554 Kamran · 4,047

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kamil, most common first.

#2,115 Kamila · 12,706#2,903 Kamal · 7,855#11,094 Kamel · 1,173#23,767 Kamile · 410#45,674 Kamill · 148

Also a last name

As a last name, Kamil ranks #30,982 of 156,621, with 803 people. See Kamil as a last name

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