Camille
Meaning
ceremonial attendant; a graceful classic used across generations
Goes by Cami
Famously borne by Camille Claudel, the sculptor long overshadowed by her mentor Rodin.
The story
Camille is a quiet marvel: higher every single decade from the 1890s through the 2010s, twelve consecutive rises across thirteen decades, about 300 becoming 13,000, a climb of a length the ledger almost never sees. The root is the Roman camillus, a child attendant in sacred ceremonies, and France has long given the name to sons as well as daughters, Pissarro among them. America made its choice: about 75,600 girls to 1,400 boys, and this decade 7,400 to 42. The current count is closing on the full 2010s with years to run, which would make it thirteen rises in a row. Cami does the everyday work, as our nickname records note. No spike, no crash, no cause to hedge: just thirteen decades of families independently reaching the same conclusion, which is the strongest endorsement a record can print.
Camille around the world
One shared root links 4 names across 4 languages.
Shared root: from Latin camillus "acolyte, a youth serving in ritual", borne in legend by the warrior maiden Camilla
The constellation
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Camille peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
12,284 people · the #1,480 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 16,667 · median age 17
Among people named Camille living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 547 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Camille deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Camille truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Camille fits with your family’s names and surname.
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