Kemi

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kemi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kemi: Recorded since 1996, it reached #655 in 2003, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1666
1998	#2407
2000	#2167
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2010	#3156
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2014	#3160
2015	#2496
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#3151
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2727 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2023
Highest recorded position: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kemi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 122 births with the name.

Kemi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kemi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1666 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	22 of 29	122 (1996–2024)	10 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#655 (2003)	#856 (2023)	2 of 21	6 (2003–2023)	3 (2003)

Kemi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kemi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	54	10 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	44	8 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kemi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Kemi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #655, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kelvin · #78, 66y
Kemal · #1040, 29y
Kemuel · #3158, 12y
Ken · #126, 66y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Benita · #655, 27y
Lela · #655, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Azhar · #655, 28y

Kemi was ranked #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kemi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kemi without appearing here.

Kemi moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Kemi

Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1603.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Cooper Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2496 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2925.

Moved the opposite way to Kemi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kemi

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kemi went from #2683 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kemi

Kemi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kemi across 2 official records

Kemi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kemi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kemi at a glance

Kemi across 2 official records

Kemi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kemi appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kemi

Kemi and the names beside it

Kemi moved ahead of

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