girls:
779 births since 1967
#4937 (14th percentile)
boys:
81 births since 1971
#4505 (2nd percentile)
overall:
860 births since 1967
#6879 (11th percentile)
The name Camara is the #6,879 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 860 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,937 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 779 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,505 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 81 births since 1971.
Camara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Camara is available in 54 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (53 years for girls and 13 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Camara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Camara reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #819) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Camara ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 38.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Camara reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #639) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Camara".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Camara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Camara is pronounced as kuh-MAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-MAH-ruh, at 23.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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