girls:
2.9k births since 1884
#3245 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1884
#5057 (35th percentile)
The name Camelia is the #5,057 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,856 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 34.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,245 (43.2% percentile) for all time with 2,856 births since 1884.
Camelia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for girls in 1884). Birth data for Camelia is available in 117 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Camelia reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #736) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 42 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Camelia ranks #911 for girls (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 55.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Camelia".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Camelia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Camelia is pronounced as kuh-MEEL-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-MEE-lee-uh, at 39.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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