Kemaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kemaya by the numbers

Kemaya was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kemaya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kemaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kamaya64 in the US (2017)
  • Kimaya17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kemya10 in the US (2017)
  • Kemiya5 in the US (2017)
  • Kenaya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kemaya

Names that are said the same way as Kemaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Kemaya

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