Kammi
Feminine
Kammi is a bright two-syllable name of the sixties and seventies, a short form in the Cammie family. Its sound is close to the Japanese kami, the spirits of Shinto, but the two share nothing beyond that.
How old is the name Kammi?
Kammi first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Kammi alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 600 people named Kammi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kammi most popular?
Kammi peaked in 1974, reaching #3558 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kammi
Kammi sounds like the Japanese kami, the spirits and gods of Shinto, and that word has a famous story: in 1274 and again in 1281, typhoons wrecked the Mongol fleets sent to invade Japan, and the storms were remembered as kamikaze, the 'divine wind', long before the word was given to pilots. Kammi did not come from Japan; it came from the Cammies and Kammies of American nicknames. But it is a quick, bright name with a gust of air in it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kammi is a short form that may come from Camilla, Cameron, Kamala or Kimberly; the record holds it on its own. It is not the Japanese word kami.
Pronouncing Kammi
KAM-ee
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Kammi
Limited
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
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 200424 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3558reached in 1974
- Change vs 2018
- 0.0%5 in 2021, 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.
Kammis among us
people named Kammi 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
Kammi 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
- Short, friendly and easy to say.
- Can be paired with a longer formal name.
- Rare, so a Kammi is unlikely to share her name.
- People will write Cammie or Kammie.
- Some will assume it is a nickname and ask for the full name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kammis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kammi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kammi in 2025?
- Kammi is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kammi with classmates?
- Kammi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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