Kamala
Meaning
lotus
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kamala has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
24 people · the #109,849 first name in Brazil · median age 40
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Kamala
Most people given the name Kamala in the United States were born between 1960 and 1999. The Kamala you meet today is most often in her 40s or 50s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kamala deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kamala truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kamala fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Kamala travels
Nepali · grandmother-generation Nepal, and newly familiar to Americans as a first name since 2020
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