first name
CAMELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,833 people named Camelia, 41.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38.2% as White and 16.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Camelia peaked in 1987, when 71 babies got the name.
At least 2,942 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Camelia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,745. The largest share of babies named Camelia, 18.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Exactly as common as Camelia
3 other first names also have 3,833 people.
Either side of Camelia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Camelia, most common first.
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