Camila Girl
How popular is Camila?
#19 girl name in 2025
6,591 baby girls were named Camila in the US in 2025, making it the 19th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Camila popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #19 for girls (▼ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,591 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #43 in 2015, #11 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (8,165 girls) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 2020 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Camila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Camila family of names ranked #15 for girls in 2025 (#11 the year before), with 8,580 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Camila | 6,591 | 77% |
| Kamila | 851 | 10% |
| Camilla | 847 | 10% |
| Kamilah | 94 | 1% |
| Kamilla | 134 | 2% |
| Kamyla | 40 | 0% |
| Camilah | 12 | 0% |
| Kamylah | 11 | 0% |
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 Camila is most popular
Babies named Camila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 12.0 per 1,000 (292 girls)
- California: 11.4 per 1,000 (9,591 girls)
- Nevada: 11.0 per 1,000 (513 girls)
- Texas: 10.0 per 1,000 (8,072 girls)
- Arizona: 9.2 per 1,000 (1,295 girls)
Camila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,778 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,845 |
| 1940s | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1950s | 60 | #3,618 |
| 1960s | 114 | #2,781 |
| 1970s | 163 | #3,236 |
| 1980s | 333 | #2,067 |
| 1990s | 1,602 | #658 |
| 2000s | 17,566 | #80 |
| 2010s | 57,896 | #15 |
| 2020s | 45,999 | #11 |
Girl names about as popular as Camila
Questions
- Is Camila a boy or girl name?
- Camila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Camila were girls.
- How popular is the name Camila?
- 6,591 baby girls were named Camila in the US in 2025, making it the 19th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Camila most popular?
- Camila peaked in 2020, when 8,165 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11, held for 2 years starting in 2020.
- How many people are named Camila?
- 123,976 babies have been named Camila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 123,222 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Camila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Camila was most common in New Mexico, at 12.0 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.