Camile
Camile is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Camile
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Camile is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Camile
American parents first put Camile on the record books as a baby girl name in 1925, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 32 Camiles were born — ranking #3,369 that year. About 20% of every Camile on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Camile ranks #7,054 for baby girls with 15 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Camile
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Camile. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Camile
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About the name Camile
Camile is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Camile's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,369. Use the chart and map above to compare Camile's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.