Fun Facts About the Name Kamila
- More than 20 thousand babies named Kamila: U.S. records list 20,091 babies given the name Kamila from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kamila Mean?
Kamila is the feminine form of Kamil, a masculine name used in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and neighboring Slavic-speaking regions. That Kamil goes back to the Latin Camillus, whose feminine form is Camilla. In Roman religion a camillus was a young attendant who served a priest at sacrifices, so the literal meaning carried by the name is "attendant" or "priest's helper." The further origin of the Latin word is not settled; some scholars have proposed that it was borrowed from Etruscan, but this is not certain.
Kamila is also an Arabic name, the feminine of Kamil (كامل). It comes from the Arabic root k-m-l and means "perfect" or "complete." This Arabic name and the Latin-derived Slavic name are separate in origin; they resemble each other in sound and spelling but do not share a source.
Kamila Name History & Origins
Camillus was a Roman cognomen, borne most famously by Marcus Furius Camillus, the fourth-century BCE statesman and general associated with the recovery of Rome after the Gallic sack. The feminine Camilla appears in early Roman tradition and as the name of the Volscian warrior maiden in Virgil's Aeneid. Through Latin Christian usage the name passed into the languages of central and eastern Europe, where Kamil and Kamila became established.
The Italian saint Camillus de Lellis (1550 - 1614), founder of the Camillians, an order devoted to the care of the sick, is among the best-known bearers of the Latin masculine form Camillo. The corresponding Slavic Kamil and its feminine Kamila follow the same Latin line, with Kamila serving as the standard feminine of Kamil in Polish, Czech, and Slovak usage.
The Arabic Kamila, sometimes written Kamilah, has its own separate history. As the feminine of Kamil, it means "perfect" or "complete" and is used throughout the Arabic-speaking world, including as part of longer honorific names. Its development is independent of the Latin-derived name used in Europe.
How Popular is the Name Kamila?
Kamila recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #212 in 2022.
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 | #357 | 851 | 0.0529% |
| 2024 | #292 | 1,084 | 0.0672% |
| 2023 | #258 | 1,197 | 0.0747% |
| 2022 | #212 | 1,383 | 0.0844% |
| 2021 | #228 | 1,318 | 0.0804% |
| 2020 | #214 | 1,347 | 0.0834% |
| 2019 | #238 | 1,321 | 0.0787% |
| 2018 | #267 | 1,234 | 0.0726% |
| 2017 | #294 | 1,104 | 0.0640% |
| 2016 | #341 | 978 | 0.0552% |
| 2015 | #329 | 996 | 0.0558% |
| 2014 | #406 | 795 | 0.0445% |
| 2013 | #367 | 851 | 0.0485% |
| 2012 | #362 | 862 | 0.0490% |
| 2011 | #424 | 736 | 0.0418% |
| 2010 | #433 | 716 | 0.0403% |
| 2009 | #515 | 588 | 0.0320% |
| 2008 | #572 | 539 | 0.0285% |
| 2007 | #740 | 394 | 0.0205% |
| 2006 | #867 | 308 | 0.0162% |
| 2005 | #1,063 | 225 | 0.0122% |
| 2004 | #1,137 | 201 | 0.0109% |
| 2003 | #1,557 | 124 | 0.0068% |
| 2002 | #1,650 | 112 | 0.0062% |
| 2001 | #1,758 | 102 | 0.0057% |
| 2000 | #2,580 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 1999 | #2,188 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1998 | #2,383 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1997 | #2,571 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1996 | #2,693 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #3,529 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #3,740 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #4,166 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #3,171 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #4,718 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #4,767 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #6,326 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #4,083 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #4,048 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #5,584 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #4,725 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #5,056 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #4,360 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #5,352 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #5,401 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #6,085 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #3,825 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #4,348 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #3,966 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #5,022 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #4,706 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1974 | #5,145 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #6,217 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #8,878 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #6,638 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #7,980 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #5,349 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #7,065 | 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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