Kamisha
Feminine
The misha in Kamisha is not the Russian one. Misha is the pet form of Michael in Russian and the name of every bear in every Russian folk tale, and the resemblance here is a coincidence of syllables that American naming arrived at independently.
How old is the name Kamisha?
Kamisha first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Kamisha alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 1,100 people named Kamisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamisha most popular?
Kamisha peaked in 1985, reaching #1784 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kamisha
The Russian form is worth knowing about on its own account. Misha is the everyday version of Mikhail, and because the bear is the standing character of Russian folklore, and because folk tradition avoided naming a dangerous animal directly, the bear in stories is Misha or Mishka almost universally; a Russian child knows a toy bear by that name the way an English one knows a teddy. The bear chosen as the mascot for the Moscow Olympics was called Misha for that reason, and the closing ceremony in which an enormous version of him floated away over the stadium made a good deal of the country cry. None of that is in this name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source and no meaning. The name was assembled from a front syllable and an ending both in wide American circulation. The Russian pet form it resembles has a completely different history and there is no record connecting the two, which is worth stating so that the resemblance is not turned into an etymology.
Pronouncing Kamisha
kuh-MEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The first and last vowels are reduced to nothing, which is why the record also holds Kamesha and Kemisha with no audible difference.
Nicknames for Kamisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 198563 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1784reached in 1985
- Change vs 2009
- +20.0%6 in 2012, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kamishas among us
people named Kamisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kamisha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The rhythm is the settled American one and the name sounds established.
- Kam and Kami are two short forms that are both current.
- Every sound in it is ordinary English.
- Several spellings of the same sound circulate, so spelling it out is permanent.
- The resemblance to a Russian name invites an assumption about the family's background.
- It is closely dated to one American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kamishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Kamisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kamisha in 2025?
- Kamisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kamisha with classmates?
- Kamisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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