Fun Facts About the Name Camilia
- 678 babies named Camilia: U.S. records list 678 babies given the name Camilia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Camilia Mean?
Camilia is an uncommon feminine name, usually treated as a variant spelling of Camilla. The name comes from Latin Camilla, the feminine form of Camillus. In ancient Rome, a camillus or camilla was a young attendant who helped at religious sacrifices. The customary meaning is "ceremonial attendant" or "attendant at a sacrifice." The deeper origin of Camillus is uncertain. It is often said to be Etruscan, but that derivation is not firmly established.
Camilia also resembles the flower name Camellia, but the two have different origins. Camellia is a New Latin botanical name honoring Georg Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit and botanist, and does not come from Latin Camilla.
Camilia Name History & Origins
Camilla is the classical Latin form. In Roman literature, the name appears in Virgil's Aeneid (1st century BCE) for Camilla, a Volscian warrior maiden. The name was used in later Christian Europe; Camilla Battista da Varano (1458 - 1524), an Italian Poor Clare and mystic, is one notable bearer. In the English-speaking world, the name is known from literary works such as Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796).
The spelling Camilia is later and less common. It differs from the classical Camilla by the added i and is best understood as a variant rather than a separate classical name. It may also be a respelling of Camila, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla, or it may be influenced by feminine names ending in -ilia, such as Emilia and Cecilia.
How Popular is the Name Camilia?
Camilia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #4,020 in 1990.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,564 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #5,457 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #6,462 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #4,816 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #5,992 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,039 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #6,021 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #5,489 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #5,866 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #9,529 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,699 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #6,766 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #11,191 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #7,893 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #13,630 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #8,816 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #8,995 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,617 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #9,660 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #10,040 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #13,270 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #8,341 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #12,646 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #6,757 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #8,284 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #7,235 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #14,790 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,509 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #11,050 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #10,760 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #13,761 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,931 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #6,674 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #5,516 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #5,704 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #4,020 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1989 | #7,522 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #4,876 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #4,143 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #6,665 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,105 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #5,249 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #5,870 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #10,706 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,393 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #5,967 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #9,141 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #9,939 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,959 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #8,286 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #7,807 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #6,438 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #6,333 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #6,695 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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