Kamuela

#12,956 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Samuela

Kamuela has been given to 298 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #12,956 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Kamuela, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kamuela: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Samuela

the Bible

What Kamuela means

Kamuela is a form of Samuela.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamuela is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include the Bible.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Samuela.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 298 boys were recorded with the name Kamuela between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,612 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,297 in 2020 to #12,956 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,080 in 2015 to #12,956 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.

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How common is Kamuela?

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: #12,956; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kamuela 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 Kamuela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamuelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamuela was born before 1999 — so the typical Kamuela is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 30.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 46.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 298; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 30.5% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Kamuela 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: −1,312; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,659; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,876; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.71×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 31.3%; Peak was 2007 (16)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,612; 1988

Spellings of Kamuela

Kamuela is not the most common spelling — Samuel is, with 99.6% against Kamuela's 0.04%.

Samuel99.6%820,196
Pamela0.17%1,386
Kemuel0.07%612
Kamel0.07%599
Kamuela0.04%298

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 Kamuela is used

Across 1910–2025, Kamuela was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,703 boys, against 1 in 2,684 across all states with data.

3737 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 2,703

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. Kamuela has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kamuela by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,956
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,659
Best rank ever: #3,612; 1988
Peak year: 2007; 16 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 298
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Kamuela

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

Kamarri Kamarie Kamarii Kamaree Kamoni Kamilo Kamazi Kamauri Kameryn Kamori Kamare Kamdon Kamiri Kamahao Kamir Kamon Kamyron Kamaron Kamani Kamerin Kameran Kamen Taniela Kameren

Sibling names for Kamuela

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

Shyann Sydni Abagail Halie Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Jacquelin

For a brother

Aaden Jarod Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary Brennen Elizabeth

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