Camilla

What Camilla means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Camilla yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #374 in 2015 to #361 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Camilla?

US: Steady: #374 in 2015, #361 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #475 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 1,224 girls got the name (#271 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,898 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,838 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls), NM (2.14 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.4 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Camilla is #361 in the US and #590 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Camilla were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Camila6,591 US · 32 E&W
• Kamila851 US · 14 E&W
• Kamilla134 US · 5 E&W
• Camilly15 US
• Camilah12 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Camilla

Girls

• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Renata#481“reborn”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Vivienne#172Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”^*

For a brother

• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Camilla’s. Rank is US 2025.