Camellia Girl
How popular is Camellia?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Camellia in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Camellia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▼ 127 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+84% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,646 in 2015, #1,678 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (138 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,385 in 1948 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Camellia 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 Camellia is most popular
Babies named Camellia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Camellia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | #3,872 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,300 |
| 1940s | 296 | #1,385 |
| 1950s | 358 | #1,515 |
| 1960s | 301 | #1,947 |
| 1970s | 237 | #2,577 |
| 1980s | 302 | #1,811 |
| 1990s | 195 | #3,767 |
| 2000s | 188 | #4,799 |
| 2010s | 664 | #1,925 |
| 2020s | 719 | #1,546 |
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Questions
- Is Camellia a boy or girl name?
- Camellia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Camellia were girls.
- How popular is the name Camellia?
- 123 baby girls were named Camellia in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Camellia most popular?
- Camellia peaked in 2024, when 138 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,385 in 1948.
- How many people are named Camellia?
- 3,347 babies have been named Camellia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,039 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Camellia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Camellia was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 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.