Kamori
Feminine
Kamori is given to both — 531 girls and 208 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Kamori is a modern American name built from two of the most-used pieces in recent naming: a Ka- opening shared with Kamari, Kamiya and Kayla, and an -ori ending that is rarer and gives the name its lift. It is assembled rather than inherited, and it is assembled with a good ear.
How old is the name Kamori?
Kamori first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Kamori is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Kamori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamori most popular?
Kamori peaked in 2008, reaching #4089 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 669 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kamori
The Ka- opening has been one of the busiest syllables in American naming for fifty years, running through Kayla, Kamari, Kaliyah and Kamiya, and part of what makes it work is that a hard K reads as modern in a way that a C does not. Kamori takes that opening and finishes on a sound the family does not usually use, so it belongs to the group and stands slightly apart from it at once. That is the whole design brief of a name like this, and it is met well: familiar enough to be said on first hearing, unusual enough that no other child in the room answers.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented. Kamari and Amari sit close by and have no settled meaning themselves; the Japanese word mori, forest, is sometimes offered for the ending and cannot be shown to have any connection. The name behaves as a member of an American rhyme family rather than a descendant of anything.
Pronouncing Kamori
kuh-MOR-ee
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families say KAM-or-ee with the weight in front, and the spelling does not decide.
Nicknames for Kamori
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
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 200838 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4089reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +21.7%28 in 2025, from 23
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.
Kamori in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Missouri, Texas, North Carolina.
Kamoris among us
people named Kamori are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Kamori
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Delmy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamori's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Delmy climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Delmy's path sketches the road Kamori is walking now.
Kamori sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kamori is headed
Kamori should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kamori beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamori in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Every sound in it is familiar, so it is easy for other children to say.
- Kam works as a short form and needs no explaining.
- It is genuinely rare while sounding entirely at home.
- Kamari and Kamori are close enough to be swapped in writing.
- Two stress patterns circulate and the spelling settles neither.
- There is no history behind it, only a pattern, which some children find thin.
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Feminine · #4758 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kamoris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kamori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kamori in 2025?
- Kamori ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamori?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Kamori — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamori with classmates?
- Kamori will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kamori
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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