Camilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-MIL-ee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Camilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “young ceremonial attendant”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Camilia mean?
Latin: spelling of Camillia, itself a variant of Camilla, perhaps influenced by the flower camellia
“young ceremonial attendant”
In Virgil's Aeneid, Camilla is a swift-footed warrior maiden of the Volsci.
Meaning borrowed from Camillia.
Is Camilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Camilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Camilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Camilia, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Camilia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Camilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Camilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Nicknames for Camilia
Names like Camilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Emilia, Alivia, Natalia, Antonella, Octavia, Liliana, Viviana, Luciana, Valeria, Violeta, Amelia
Names related to Camilia
Camila, Camille, Camilla, Camellia, Camelia, Camilah, Kamilia, Camillia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from 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, “Camilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camilia, updated 20 October 2026.