Kamau is a rare variant of Kami that peaked in 1995 and has grown less common since.
Kamau is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,946 for boy births in the United States (and #16,586 across all names), given to 10 babies. Kamau first appears in 1971 and peaked in 1995 (34 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #7,946 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #7,505 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | #7,990 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #5,319 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | #5,900 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #11,299 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | #5,682 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #6,920 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #5,937 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #13,209 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #6,519 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | #6,854 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #5,799 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,531 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,435 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,457 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #8,002 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #7,459 |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #5,112 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #5,423 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #5,734 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #4,511 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | #4,051 |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | #3,977 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #3,911 |
| 2000 | 29 | 29 | #3,034 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #3,531 |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | #2,530 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #3,524 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | #2,790 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #2,323 |
| 1994 | 29 | — | #2,591 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #3,094 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | #3,917 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #3,873 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,667 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #4,605 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,537 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #4,304 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #3,692 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,269 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #2,845 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,411 |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #2,378 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #2,891 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #2,960 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #1,849 |
| 1977 | 29 | — | #1,807 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #2,206 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #1,858 |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #1,811 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | #1,720 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | #1,794 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,802 |