Kamri
Feminine
Kamri is a small, tight American coinage of the 1990s: two syllables, a K opening, and an -i ending doing the work that -y or -ie would have done a generation earlier. It sits with Kamryn, Kambri and Camri, and none of them has a source older than the birth records.
How old is the name Kamri?
Kamri first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Kamri alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,300 people named Kamri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamri most popular?
Kamri peaked in 1996, reaching #2423 nationally. Today it ranks #5238, 2,815 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
Where it comes from
From Cameron to Kamri
Our story of Kamri
The final -i is worth noticing on its own. English has spelled affectionate endings -y and -ie for centuries — Molly, Sally, Annie, Katie — and both were exhausted by the middle of the twentieth century. The -i spelling arrives as the third option, and it does something the other two do not: it looks modern rather than diminutive. Kami, Bri, Codi, Jodi, Toni, Kamri, Jaci. A name ending in -i reads as a full name where the same name ending in -ie reads as a nickname, and that is most of why the spelling spread. Kamri is a product of that, and its 1996 peak sits at the height of the convention. Underneath, the sound is probably Cameron's, worn down to two syllables, which is a genuinely old way for names to form.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. Kamri is generally treated as a shortening or respelling of Kamryn, itself a feminine respelling of the Welsh-derived Cameron — from Gaelic cam sròn, crooked nose, a settled reading for Cameron. That connection is plausible and undocumented. The -i ending is an American spelling convention of the 1980s and 1990s and carries no meaning.
How the name formed
- Cameron
- Kamryn
- Kamri
Pronouncing Kamri
KAM-ree
Two syllables, stress on the first. There is no ambiguity, and the -i ending is said exactly as -y would be.
Nicknames for Kamri
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
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 199653 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2423reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- −17.2%24 in 2025, from 29
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.
Kamri in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Indiana.
Kamris among us
people named Kamri are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 66,969 born in 2025 was named Kamri
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kamri
- #5238
- Kamri on the 2025 chart
- #881
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kamri went to 24 girls in 2025, but Kamry, Camry and Camri are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 79, which makes it the 881st most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,357 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 20,345 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 66,969 for Kamri itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tashana test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamri's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tashana climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tashana's path sketches the road Kamri is walking now.
Kamri 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
Kamri beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamri in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables and five letters, about as compact as a name gets.
- Kam works as a short form and is used across a large family of names.
- Everyone can say and spell it after one hearing.
- There is no established meaning behind it.
- Kamri, Camri, Kamrie and Kamree are all in use.
- It is dated fairly precisely to the 1990s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kamris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Kamri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kamri?
- Kamri is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kamry is the more common one — 27 births in 2025 against 24 for Kamri.
- How popular is the name Kamri in 2025?
- Kamri ranks #5238 among US girl names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamri?
- About 1 in every 66,969 US girls born in 2025 was named Kamri — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamri with classmates?
- Kamri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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