Camela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Camela

The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Camela between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Camela performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Camela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Camela in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Camela 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 796 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.