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Camilla

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-MIL-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#631 for girls
US rank, 2025
#361 for girls

Camilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “young ceremonial attendant”. In 2025 it ranked 631st for girls in the UK (66 babies) and 361st for girls in the US (847 babies).

What does Camilla mean?

Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Camillus

“young ceremonial attendant”

In Virgil's Aeneid, Camilla is a swift-footed warrior maiden of the Volsci.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Camilla a girl's or a boy's name?

Camilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the UK and 847 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Camilla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
631st among girls
Babies in 2025
66 about 1 in 4,200 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were named Camilla, making it the 631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 458th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 116 girls.

Half of all the girls named Camilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 590th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 116 in 20182025
Camilla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202566#631
202462#666
202367#614
202287#504
202197#483
202098#458
201986#524
2018116#421
201792#517
201674#619
201593#505
201493#508
201368#651
201270#643
201164#681
201054#738
200954#736
200846#810
200749#741
200644#772
200531#943
200448#670
200343#711
200237#750
200130#857
200033#772
199951#593
199853#567
199752#567
199665#487

How popular is Camilla in the US?

Rank in 2025
361st among girls
Babies in 2025
847 about 1 in 1,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 847 girls in the US were named Camilla, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 263rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,224 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Camilla than any year since 2013.

Half of all the girls named Camilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,224 in 20192025
Camilla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025847#361
2024956#322
2023926#336
20221,020#314
20211,041#307
20201,169#263
20191,224#271
20181,099#303
20171,060#308
2016976#342
2015874#374
2014893#363
2013767#400
2012707#442
2011649#458
2010591#506
2009552#553
2008487#634
2007399#730
2006330#823
2005290#874
2004265#912
2003271#889
2002212#1,021
2001226#960
2000166#1,197
1999153#1,229
1998166#1,140
1997165#1,131
1996141#1,236
1995155#1,128
1994132#1,282
1993146#1,183
1992127#1,319
1991118#1,367
1990105#1,475
1989117#1,323
1988125#1,203
1987130#1,136
1986110#1,241
1985120#1,178
1984101#1,260
1983131#1,060
1982124#1,131
1981128#1,089
1980102#1,268
1979118#1,136
1978140#986
197795#1,257
1976112#1,086
1975103#1,127
1974123#992
1973128#943
1972135#918
1971125#1,000
1970154#867
1969175#766
1968139#868
1967163#770
1966145#826
1965159#784
1964173#786
1963166#805
1962141#890
1961158#840
1960153#832
1959138#882
1958132#887
1957110#988
1956125#892
1955156#762
1954144#779
1953122#836
1952133#774
1951139#743
1950155#688
1949145#701
1948159#660
1947147#696
1946144#662
1945126#654
1944219#484
1943124#681
1942127#663
1941127#628
1940123#635
1939126#599
1938108#659
1937114#634
193697#672
1935107#629
193483#732
1933111#616
1932114#624
1931110#631
1930114#646
1929125#612
1928129#620
1927103#711
1926107#696
1925123#664
1924138#637
1923147#599
1922139#624
1921134#641
1920132#622
1919121#633
1918170#538
1917116#632
1916135#577
1915129#565
191488#608
191375#594
191270#576
191141#676
191046#620
190943#587
190828#729
190746#529
190632#633
190537#570
190434#576
190334#558
190223#716
190126#615
190040#531
189936#490
189831#581
189722#660
189629#565
189530#538
189424#597
189321#630
189221#616
189119#608
189022#558
188914#687
188815#663
188718#524
188614#606
188515#557
188416#520
188312#561
188212#530
188111#503
18806#738

Nicknames for Camilla

Names like Camilla

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aurora, Alba, Emilia, Eliza, Luna, Nova, Clara, Nora, Lyla, Clementine, Bella, Elena

Names related to Camilla

Camille, Camila, Camelia, Kamilla, Camellia, Camilia, Camilah, Camillia

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Rosie, Max, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Rose, Bennett

Every Latin name

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, “Camilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camilla, updated 20 October 2026.