Camellia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEEL-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,673 for girls
Camellia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “camellia flower”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,673rd for girls in the US (123 babies).
What does Camellia mean?
Latin: from the camellia flower
“camellia flower”
Linnaeus named the camellia after the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel; tea comes from Camellia sinensis.
Is Camellia a girl's or a boy's name?
Camellia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 123 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Camellia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Camellia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Camellia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Camellia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Camellia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,673rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 123 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were named Camellia, making it the 1,673rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 138 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Camellia in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Camellia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,673 |
| 2024 | 138 | #1,546 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,739 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,768 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,601 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
Nicknames for Camellia
Names like Camellia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia, Aurora, Aria, Athena, Fatima, Lucia, Olivia, Thea, Mia, Liana, Cecilia, Sophia
Names related to Camellia
Camilla, Camille, Camila, Camelia, Kamelia, Camilia, Camilah, Camillia
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, “Camellia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camellia, updated 20 October 2026.