Camila — #11 US girls' name
117,228 babies named Camila in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Camila was born in this single decade.
8,164 babies were named Camila in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camila
The Social Security Administration has registered 117,228 babies named Camila between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camila currently holds the #11 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 8,164 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57,888 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Camila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31,274 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Camila in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camila 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 117,228 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.
Camila at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Camila popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2020)
- 8,164
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently a top-25 pick among girls.
117,228 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 8,164 births in a single year.
Camila popularity over time — boys
114 total births recorded since 2007 (Camila as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Camila accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Camila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57,888 births that decade — 49% of Camila's all-time total
Camila decade highlights
- Peak decade 57,888 births
- Runner-up 39,383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Camila's strongest decade
57,888 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Camila by state
Where Camila concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31,274 | 26.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 24,054 | 20.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 8,352 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 5,778 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5,160 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 4,297 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 3,215 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 2,588 | 2.2% |
31,274 of 117,228 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.7% of nationwide
- Texas 20.5% of nationwide
- Florida 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Camila appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.