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Camela

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 817

Camela is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1963, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1960s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Camela over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'10 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Camela by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 16
1940s 5
1950s 65
1960s 288
1970s 209
1980s 129
1990s 46
2000s 11
2010s 16
2020s (to 2022) 12

How popular is Camela?

In 2022, Camela was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Camela is used

France #4,538 5 in 2004
United States #13,709 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Camela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Camela also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Camela over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Camela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Camela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Camela

How popular is the name Camela?

In 2022, Camela was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Camela a girl's or a boy's name?

Camela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Camela most popular?

Camela peaked in 1963, when 43 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1960s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.