Camelia Girl
How popular is Camelia?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Camelia in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Camelia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▼ 316 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #3,091 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (71 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,024 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Camelia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Camellia family of names ranked #985 for girls in 2025 (#903 the year before), with 207 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Camellia | 123 | 59% |
| Camelia | 40 | 19% |
| Camilia | 14 | 7% |
| Kamelia | 11 | 5% |
| Camillia | 6 | 3% |
| Kamilia | 6 | 3% |
| Kamillia | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Camelia is most popular
Babies named Camelia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Camelia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 12 | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,537 |
| 1910s | 65 | #2,009 |
| 1920s | 74 | #2,698 |
| 1930s | 95 | #2,125 |
| 1940s | 211 | #1,620 |
| 1950s | 275 | #1,676 |
| 1960s | 313 | #1,954 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,535 |
| 1980s | 400 | #1,698 |
| 1990s | 234 | #3,359 |
| 2000s | 262 | #3,865 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,964 |
| 2020s | 265 | #3,073 |
Girl names about as popular as Camelia
Questions
- Is Camelia a boy or girl name?
- Camelia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Camelia were girls.
- How popular is the name Camelia?
- 40 baby girls were named Camelia in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Camelia most popular?
- Camelia peaked in 1987, when 71 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,024 in 1884.
- How many people are named Camelia?
- 2,942 babies have been named Camelia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,494 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Camelia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Camelia was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.