Kamila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #355 for girls
Kamila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “perfect, complete”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 355th for girls in the US (851 babies).
What does Kamila mean?
Arabic: feminine of Kamil; also the Slavic form of Camilla
“perfect, complete”
Feminine of the Arabic name Kamil, perfect; it is also the Polish and Czech spelling of Camilla.
Is Kamila a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 851 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Kamila, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 46 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kamila than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Kamila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were given Kamila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #688, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Kamila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 43 | #934 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Kamila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 355th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 851 about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 851 girls in the US were named Kamila, making it the 355th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 214th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,383 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kamila than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Kamila 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 Kamila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #18, up from #355 for this spelling alone.
Kamila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 851 | #355 |
| 2024 | 1,088 | #292 |
| 2023 | 1,198 | #258 |
| 2022 | 1,383 | #213 |
| 2021 | 1,319 | #228 |
| 2020 | 1,348 | #214 |
| 2019 | 1,321 | #238 |
| 2018 | 1,234 | #267 |
| 2017 | 1,104 | #293 |
| 2016 | 978 | #341 |
| 2015 | 996 | #328 |
| 2014 | 795 | #405 |
| 2013 | 851 | #367 |
| 2012 | 862 | #362 |
| 2011 | 736 | #424 |
| 2010 | 716 | #433 |
| 2009 | 588 | #515 |
| 2008 | 539 | #572 |
| 2007 | 394 | #740 |
| 2006 | 308 | #864 |
| 2005 | 225 | #1,061 |
| 2004 | 201 | #1,134 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,551 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,641 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,367 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Kamila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Safa, Amira, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Amina, Halima, Layla, Abeeha, Liyana
Other spellings of Kamila
Names related to Kamila
Kamile, Kamilah, Kamelia, Kamala, Kamilia, Kamille, Kamil, Kamyla, Kamylah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Dua
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, “Kamila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamila, updated 20 October 2026.