Camille
Pronounced K AE1 M IH1 L L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Camille?
Camille is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 81,684 children — the 425th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 1,588 children were given it.
Kamille is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Camille and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kamille
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AE1 M IH1 L L AH0 · K AH0 M IY1 L
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Camille
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Camille
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Camille?
- Camille ranks 425th among girls' names in US records, with 81,684 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,302.
- Is Camille a unisex name?
- No. Camille is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Camille most popular?
- 2012, when 1,588 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Camille spelled?
- Kamille. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.