Kamelia
Girl · ka-MEE-lee-a · Latin
Kamelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “camellia flower”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kamelia mean?
Latin: spelling of Camelia; 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.
- Say it
- ka-MEE-lee-a
Meaning borrowed from Camelia.
Is Kamelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamelia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Kamelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Kamelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kamelia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kamelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Kamelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Kamelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Kamelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia Olivia Khadija Safa Amelia Aurelia Ayla Aria Arabella Eliana Amira Anabia
Other spellings of Kamelia
Names related to Kamelia
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