Kamala
About Kamala
A multicultural name that manages to sound soft and strong at the same time, Kamala is also another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who describes her own name's pronunciation as COMMA-la, is the first Indian-American and the first Black woman to run on a US Presidential ticket for a major party. Kamala Harris's mother was Indian and her father is Jamaican.
A rising star in the Democratic Party, Harris was sworn in as her state's junior senator in January 2017 and instantly became one of the most visible critics of the Trump Administration. She makes Kamala one of the most recognizable Hindi names for girls, with a strong sound and international appeal.
Pronounced KAH-mah-lah.
As of October 2026, Kamala ranked #9767 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1063 in 1964.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Kamala on lists
Famous Kamalas
- Kamala Reddy
birth name of Mother Meera, Indian religious leader
- Kamala Devi Harris
American politician; former California attorney general and current U.S. Senator/Vice,President elect
- Kamala Das
Indian English poet and fiction writer
Kamala in pop culture
- Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel
comics character
- Chamalla
a herb with curative properties on TV's "Battlestar Galactica"
- Kamala
character in Barbara Cartland's "Journey to Paradise"
- Kamalas are an evil shadow
like species in the video game "Fran Bow"