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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

CamillaIn Hebrew: קמילה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Camilla (Hebrew: קמילה) is a girl's name of international origin. 521 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 6 girls and ranked #939. Its peak year was 1997, with 19 babies.

People in Israel
521
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
6
rank #939
Peak year
1997
19 babies
USA, 2025
847
rank #361

Writing and saying Camilla

In Hebrew letters the name is קמילה, read right to left. Camilla is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Camilla by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Camilla: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Camilla in English-speaking countries

Camilla in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025847#3612019 (1,224)
United Kingdom202566#6312018 (116)
England and Wales202566#5902018 (108)
Alberta20254#9822014 (10)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Camilla has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Camilla

How do you write Camilla in Hebrew?

Camilla is written קמילה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Camilla?

521 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קמילה: 521 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Camilla a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named קמילה are women.

Is Camilla used outside Israel?

The name Camilla appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 847 girls were given it in 2025 (#361), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 66 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.