Kamaka

#12,949 in 2025Boys' name

The + eye, bud, child

Kamaka has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2025. In 2025 it ranked #12,949 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Kamaka, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kamaka over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kamaka: meaning, origin, and history

The + eye, bud, child

Hawaiian

What Kamaka means

Kamaka means “the + eye, bud, child”, associated with ka and maka.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamaka is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kamaka is pronounced /kaˈma.ka/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Kamaka between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2025; its best national rank was #12,949 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kamaka?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,949; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kamaka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamaka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamakas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamaka was born before 2025 — so the typical Kamaka is around 0 today.

Median birth year: 2025; About 0 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Kamaka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (5)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,949; 2025

Spellings of Kamaka

Kamaka is not the most common spelling — Kamari is, with 59.4% against Kamaka's 0.02%.

Kamari59.4%12,545
Kamal14.6%3,076
Kamar7.5%1,576
Kawika5.8%1,218
Kaimana4.8%1,010
Kamau4.4%931
Kamani3.5%743
Kamaka0.02%5

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kamaka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,949
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #12,949; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 5 that year
First recorded: 2025
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Kamaka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kamylo Kamyri Kamaro Kameko Kamahl Kamaar Kameon Kamion Kamyren Kamien Kamuri Kamaj Kamarre Kamraan Kamaire Kamille Kambren Kamelo Kamere Kamrun Kamsi Kamyar Kamell Dumaka

Sibling names for Kamaka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Leonor Halie Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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