Holding steady.
Popularity of Kemyah since 1999
Babies named Kemyah per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 60 |
| 2010s | 46 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Kemyah is a modern American name that first appeared on the U.S. naming landscape in 1999, reflecting a late-20th-century trend of inventing names with melodic suffixes. It reached its peak usage in 2008, though it has never entered the top 1000 and maintains a stable but low level of use. The name's trajectory shows consistent but modest adoption, with no recorded top states or distinct regional concentration. Kemyah exemplifies the creative, sound-based naming practices common in contemporary U.S. naming culture, where parents blend familiar sounds and fashionable endings to produce unique names without traditional etymological roots.
Kemyah is a modern American name first recorded in 1999. It appears to be a creative coinage, likely influenced by the fashionable -yah suffix (seen in names like Amaya, Samaya) and the sound of names such as Kenya or Kemi. The name has no known historical or linguistic roots outside of late-20th-century U.S. naming trends.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Kemi, Mya, Keke
Sibling names for Kemyah
Names that share Kemyah's style, for a brother or sister.
