Camille
Camille was the 240th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,299 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 237th with 1,344 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7 places. More babies were named Camille in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning attendant at religious rites · Latin, French
Say it kuh-MEEL /kəˈmil/
- Rank in 2025
- #240 girls, up 25 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,299girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20121,344 babies
- Total since 1880
- 77,120babies recorded
What does the name Camille mean?
Camille is the French form of Camilla and Camillus, a Roman family name. DMNES glosses Latin camillus as an attendant of a priest, and camilla as 'handmaiden; religious acolyte'. In French Camille is used for both men and women; Wiktionary calls it unisex. Wikipedia notes its association with the heroine of Dumas's The Lady of the Camellias (1848), known as Camille in English versions. DMNES records the masculine form in Italy and notes that Camilla came into Italian use in the 16th century.
camillus (Latin, “attendant at religious rites”)camilla (Latin, “handmaiden, acolyte”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Roman word's sense is given by DMNES; its deeper origin may be Etruscan.
Related names: Camilla, Camila, Camillo, Cami.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Camille', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Camilla', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Wiktionary, entry 'Camille', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Camille (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Camille
The usual nicknames for Camille are Cami and Millie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Camille in the last five years, 206 were named Millie, against 10 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cami · also for Camila | Modern | #4,189 | 244 |
| Millie · also for Amelia, Emilia, Emily | Traditional | #73 | 12,731 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Camilles go by each one.
Camille popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 1,398 since 1882, 9 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #240 | 1,299 |
| 2020 | #265 | 1,168 |
| 2010 | #270 | 1,217 |
| 2000 | #269 | 1,198 |
| 1990 | #243 | 1,170 |
| 1980 | #354 | 668 |
| 1970 | #326 | 822 |
| 1960 | #437 | 498 |
| 1950 | #361 | 480 |
| 1940 | #391 | 297 |
| 1930 | #545 | 155 |
| 1920 | #520 | 182 |
| 1910 | #491 | 69 |
| 1900 | #496 | 47 |
| 1890 | #571 | 21 |
| 1880 | #635 | 8 |
How popular is Camille, counting every spelling?
Camille is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #238 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #240 for Camille on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,428 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camille | 1,299 | #240 | 6,195 |
| Kamille | 121 | #1,697 | 735 |
| Camile | 8 | #11,129 | 54 |
| Kamile | — | — | 31 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Camille?
1,299 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Camille (0.36 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Camille born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 6 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Camille.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Camille?
About 65,700 people born in the US named Camille are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 14 and 47. That makes Camille mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Camille by state
How common Camille was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (6.0×), District of Columbia (4.0×), Hawaii (2.5×), Maine (2.3×), Massachusetts (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in West Virginia, Montana, New Mexico.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Camille: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Camille, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Camille · Sibling names for Camille
Questions about the name Camille
What does Camille mean?
Camille means “attendant at religious rites” (Latin, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Camille?
Camille was the 240th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,299 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 237th with 1,344 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7 places. More babies were named Camille in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Camille a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Camille in the US.
Where is Camille most popular?
In 2021–2025, Camille was most common in Louisiana (4.57 per 1,000 girls), followed by District of Columbia and Hawaii.