Name Awesome

Kamalei

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Child + a lei

Kamalei has been given to 147 babies in the U.S. since 1995. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Kamalei, 2024

1 in 669,000

Kamalei over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kamalei over time

In 2024, Kamalei went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19952024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kamalei: meaning, origin, and history

Child + a lei

Hawaiian

What Kamalei means

Kamalei means “child + a lei”, associated with kama and lei.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamalei is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Kamalei is a modern formation.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kamalei is pronounced /ka.maˈlei̯/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 117 girls were recorded with the name Kamalei between 1995 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2008; its best national rank was #8,725 in 2008.

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Kamalei between 2001 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2001; its best national rank was #8,752 in 2001.

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 Kamalei?

Kamalei had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only
1 in 324,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kamalei sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamalei. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamaleis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamalei was born before 2009 — so the typical Kamalei is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
117
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Kamalei 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
0%
Peak was 2008 (14)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,725
2008

Spellings of Kamalei

Kamalei is not the most common spelling — Kamari is, with 40.6% against Kamalei's 0.81%.

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.

Where Kamalei is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kamalei was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 8,333 girls, against 1 in 8,553 across all states with data.

1212 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kamalei has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kamalei is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kamalei was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 31,462 across all states with data.

33 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kamalei has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kamalei by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,725
2008
Peak year
2008
14 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
117
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,752
2001
Peak year
2001
7 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
30
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kamalei

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

KamarriKameriaKamoriaKambrynKamdynnKamareeKamouraKamyrahKamariiKamarahKamaiyaKameelaKaminaKamikoKamayahKamouriKamaliKamyriKampbellKamiliaKamylahKamauriKamariyaKamyiah

Sibling names for Kamalei

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

Explore around Kamalei

Top names of 2008, Kamalei's peak yearThe 2000s in fullOther names that peaked in 2008Girls' names starting with K