Camara — #10410 US unisex name
788 babies named Camara in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Camara was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Camara in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camara
The Social Security Administration has registered 788 babies named Camara between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camara currently holds the #10410 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 34 babies received it in a single year. Camara is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 81 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Camara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Camara in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 788 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Camara at a glance
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Current rank
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Camara popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2007)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #10410 among girls.
788 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 34 births in a single year.
Camara popularity over time — boys
81 total births recorded since 1971 (Camara as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Camara accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Camara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 225 births that decade — 29% of Camara's all-time total
Camara decade highlights
- Peak decade 225 births
- Runner-up 194 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Camara's strongest decade
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Camara by state
Where Camara concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
6 of 788 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.