Camille — #239 US girls' name
74,410 babies named Camille in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Camille was born in this single decade.
1,344 babies were named Camille in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camille
The Social Security Administration has registered 74,410 babies named Camille between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camille currently holds the #239 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 1,344 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camille performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12,927 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Camille shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,648 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Camille in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camille 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 74,410 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.
Camille at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Camille popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2012)
- 1,344
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #239 among girls.
74,410 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 1,344 births in a single year.
Camille popularity over time — boys
1,389 total births recorded since 1882 (Camille as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Camille accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Camille by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 12,927 births that decade — 17% of Camille's all-time total
Camille decade highlights
- Peak decade 12,927 births
- Runner-up 11,756 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Camille's strongest decade
12,927 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Camille by state
Where Camille concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9,648 | 13.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 8,228 | 11.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5,316 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,656 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 2,894 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,477 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 2,456 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 2,339 | 3.1% |
9,648 of 74,410 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.0% of nationwide
- New York 11.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Camille 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, 1880–2024 (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.