Name profile

Camilla

Feminine form of Camillus.

PronunciationEnglish /kə.ˈmɪl.ə/; Italian /ka.ˈmil.la/; Finnish /ˈkɑ.mil.lɑ/; German /ka.ˈmɪ.la/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Roman Mythology, Swedish
US rank (2025)#361

Meaning and history

Feminine form of Camillus, this name belonged to a legendary Volscian warrior maiden described by Virgil in the Aeneid and was later popularized in the English-speaking world by Fanny Burney’s novel Camilla (1796).

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 330 births, rank #823
2007: 399 births, rank #730
2008: 487 births, rank #634
2009: 552 births, rank #553
2010: 591 births, rank #506
20112011: 649 births, rank #458
2012: 707 births, rank #442
2013: 767 births, rank #400
2014: 893 births, rank #363
2015: 874 births, rank #374
20162016: 976 births, rank #342
2017: 1,060 births, rank #308
2018: 1,099 births, rank #303
2019: 1,224 births, rank #271
2020: 1,169 births, rank #263
20212021: 1,041 births, rank #307
2022: 1,020 births, rank #314
2023: 926 births, rank #336
2024: 956 births, rank #322
20252025: 847 births, rank #361

Camilla moved from #323 to #361 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2019, with 1,224 births.