Camellia
Camellia was given to 123 girls in 2025, #1,676 among girls’ names; 3,347 Americans have been recorded with it since 1921 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,000 Americans named Camellia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 7 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Camellia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Camellia?
#1,676 among girls’ names, 2025
Camellia rose from #2,655 in 2015 to #1,676 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 37.5 to 76.5 per million.
138 babies in 2024, the peak
Camellia peaked in 2024, when 138 girls were given it, #1,547 among girls’ names. The 123 births of 2025 are 89% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,676 | 76.5 |
| 2024 | 138 | #1,547 | 85.2 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,727 | 74.2 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,976 | 60.4 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,741 | 71.9 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,679 | 75.5 |
| 2019 | 96 | #2,002 | 57.2 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,926 | 60.5 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,113 | 52.7 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,348 | 45.1 |
Every recorded year (98)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 67 | #2,655 | 37.5 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,587 | 38.1 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,477 | 25.6 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,137 | 30.1 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,377 | 18.8 |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,005 | 15.8 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,739 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,603 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,448 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,403 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,572 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,905 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,825 | 14.2 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,441 | 9.5 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,396 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,171 | 12.1 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,059 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,656 | 13.0 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,665 | 9.8 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,204 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,711 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,540 | 12.3 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,568 | 6.1 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,783 | 15.2 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,517 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,252 | 12.1 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,256 | 17.4 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,229 | 16.8 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,814 | 36.8 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,901 | 12.2 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,865 | 18.6 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,997 | 17.2 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,131 | 10.8 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,838 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,558 | 9.6 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,076 | 16.9 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,156 | 16.2 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,946 | 17.6 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,281 | 15.0 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,736 | 19.1 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,523 | 13.0 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,765 | 17.7 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,244 | 13.7 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,189 | 13.1 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,278 | 12.0 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,586 | 16.0 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,140 | 20.7 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,209 | 18.3 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,950 | 21.8 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,064 | 18.9 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,253 | 15.9 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,202 | 15.8 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,311 | 14.0 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,215 | 14.7 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,039 | 16.3 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,653 | 10.4 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,883 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,792 | 18.4 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,652 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,799 | 17.4 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,517 | 23.0 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,772 | 17.5 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,787 | 16.5 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,614 | 19.4 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,807 | 16.1 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,603 | 19.8 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 | 22.8 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,386 | 25.9 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,756 | 16.9 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,651 | 18.5 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,454 | 23.7 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,489 | 22.6 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,398 | 25.1 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,867 | 15.5 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,819 | 16.6 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,971 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,313 | 11.9 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,349 | 11.8 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,484 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,272 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,805 | 5.7 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,191 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,297 | 5.0 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,700 | 6.2 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,658 | 4.5 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,814 | 4.3 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,933 | 5.9 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,549 | 4.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Camellia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Camellia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 98 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Camellia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Camellia, and how old are they?
3,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 3,347 Americans ever recorded as Camellia. The median Camellia alive today is 23 years old; half are between 7 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 2,141 people named Camellia (2,141 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,415 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 97 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 494 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 394 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 396 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 359 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,260 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Camellia born?
The states with the most babies named Camellia are California, Texas and New York, with 71% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | #1,156 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 14 | #1,638 | 0.6× |
| New York | 8 | #1,552 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,729 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 6 | #945 | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,497 | 0.2× |
Where Camellia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Camellia is most over-represented in California: since 1921 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Camellia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 41,157 babies since 1880, Camellia is the second most given (8.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 123 of their 1,041 babies (12%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Camellia and names like it
- Compare Camellia and CamillaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCamellia peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Camellia since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Camellia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Camellia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.