Camila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEE-la
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,036 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #19 for girls
Camila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “young ceremonial attendant”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 19th for girls in the US (6,591 babies).
What does Camila mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla
“young ceremonial attendant”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla, the warrior maiden in Virgil's Aeneid.
Is Camila a girl's or a boy's name?
Camila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 6,591 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Camila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Camila, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Camila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were given Camila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #688, up from #1,036 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Camila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 46 | #836 |
| 2021 | 45 | #860 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Camila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 19th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6,591 about 1 in 240 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.6% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6,591 girls in the US were named Camila, making it the 19th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8,165 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914. 8 boys were also named Camila in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Camila than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Camila in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,603 girls in the US were given Camila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #18, up from #19 for this spelling alone.
Camila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,591 | #19 |
| 2024 | 7,625 | #11 |
| 2023 | 7,581 | #13 |
| 2022 | 8,001 | #12 |
| 2021 | 8,036 | #12 |
| 2020 | 8,165 | #11 |
| 2019 | 7,846 | #15 |
| 2018 | 7,508 | #18 |
| 2017 | 6,776 | #23 |
| 2016 | 6,054 | #32 |
| 2015 | 5,275 | #43 |
| 2014 | 5,220 | #41 |
| 2013 | 5,147 | #39 |
| 2012 | 4,791 | #48 |
| 2011 | 4,972 | #48 |
| 2010 | 4,307 | #61 |
| 2009 | 3,737 | #80 |
| 2008 | 3,847 | #83 |
| 2007 | 2,665 | #129 |
| 2006 | 1,962 | #180 |
| 2005 | 1,719 | #201 |
| 2004 | 1,154 | #288 |
| 2003 | 1,033 | #300 |
| 2002 | 636 | #454 |
| 2001 | 443 | #576 |
| 2000 | 370 | #659 |
| 1999 | 349 | #658 |
| 1998 | 261 | #815 |
| 1997 | 232 | #874 |
| 1996 | 152 | #1,184 |
| 1995 | 122 | #1,343 |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,274 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,597 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Nicknames for Camila
Names like Camila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aurora, Fatima, Myla, Athena, Luna, Zara, Mila, Lyra, Arabella, Sienna, Isla, Emilia
Other spellings of Camila
Names related to Camila
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, 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, “Camila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camila, updated 20 October 2026.