Camelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Camelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “camellia flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Camelia mean?
Latin: from the camellia flower; the usual Romanian and Spanish spelling
“camellia flower”
The camellia was named by Linnaeus after Georg Joseph Kamel, a 17th-century Jesuit botanist who worked in the Philippines.
Is Camelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Camelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Camelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Camelia, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Camelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Camelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Camelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Camelia, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Camelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Camelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Camelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,698 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,535 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,981 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,620 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
Names like Camelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia, Olivia, Cecilia, Amelia, Aurelia, Aurora, Lucia, Valencia, Natalia, Valentina, Maria, Victoria
Other spellings of Camelia
Names related to Camelia
Camilla, Camila, Camellia, Camilia, Camilah, Camillia, Camile
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Camelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camelia, updated 20 October 2026.