Camella — #9563 US girls' name
1,199 babies named Camella in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Camella was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Camella in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camella
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,199 babies named Camella between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camella currently holds the #9563 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Camella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Camella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camella 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 1,199 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.
Camella at a glance
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Current rank
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Camella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (1960)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #9563 among girls.
1,199 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 23 births in a single year.
Camella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 170 births that decade — 14% of Camella's all-time total
Camella decade highlights
- Peak decade 170 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Camella's strongest decade
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Camella by state
Where Camella concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 10 | 0.8% |
10 of 1,199 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts 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, 1909–2024 (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.