Kamila
- Pronunciation
- [Ka-mi-la]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Perfect
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Kamila
Kamila is the Polish, Czech, and Slovak form of Camila/Camilla (see separate entry on Camila for the Latin Camillus etymology referring to young attendants at Roman religious ceremonies). The K-spelling Kamila is the standard form across Slavic and Eastern European naming traditions, parallel to the Italian/Spanish C-spelling.
The name has been used continuously in Polish, Czech, and Slovak naming for centuries. The contemporary American Kamila surge is part of the broader 21st-century resurgence in Eastern European girls' names, partly through Polish-American and Czech-American immigration and partly through the broader American taste for distinctive K-spellings.
Kamila's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 200 since. Notable contemporary bearers include Polish-American writer Kamila Shamsie (Pakistani-British, born 1973), Polish-American gymnast Kamila Lipowska, and various contemporary models. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the K-spelling visual register that signals modern aesthetic, the underlying Roman/Latin pedigree from the Camilla root, and the soft three-syllable structure. Common nicknames Cami (shared with Camila), Kami, Mila (now itself a popular standalone name), and the rare Kammie each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Camila and Camilla have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Camila (Spanish/Portuguese), Camilla (Italian/English), Kamila (Polish/Czech, identical), and the original Latin Camilla.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kamila
US Popularity History (2006–2025)
Annual US births named Kamila by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2022 with 1,383 girls named Kamila (girl rank #212 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #357 for girls (851 US births). That's 145 places below its 2022 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kamila Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kamila the strongest states are California, Texas, New Mexico.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #116 | 2,663 |
| 2 | Texas | #121 | 2,256 |
| 3 | New Mexico | #145 | 106 |
| 4 | Nevada | #165 | 151 |
| 5 | Arizona | #167 | 361 |
| 6 | Florida | #200 | 814 |
| 7 | Illinois | #201 | 514 |
| 8 | Washington | #245 | 274 |
| 9 | Connecticut | #271 | 111 |
| 10 | Idaho | #300 | 60 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kamila in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Kamila to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kamila against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).