How Many People Are Named Camella?
An estimated 777 people in the United States have the first name Camella. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Camella peaked in popularity in 1960 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Camella as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Camella paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
777
About 1 in 441,125 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1960
23 births
Total Registered
1,199
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Camella
Camella is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,199 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Camella as a female name
Ranked #9,648 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 1960 (23 births)
Camella: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Camella span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 170 babies were registered. While Camella is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Camella by Decade
How has Camella tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Camella by State
Camella + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Camella as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Camella
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Camella: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Camella?
We estimate approximately 777 people named Camella are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 441,125 Americans share this first name.
Is Camella a common name?
Camella is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,199 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Camella most popular?
Camella reached peak popularity in 1960, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Camella is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Camella a female name?
Camella is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Camella Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Camella Smith, Camella Johnson, Camella Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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