Camellia

Meaning: Flowering shrub genus
Origin: Named after botanist Georg Joseph Kamel (from Latin (botanical, from botanist Kamel))

Girl's name · #1676 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

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Camellia reached its best rank, #1387, in 1948 and ranked #1676 in 2025. Roughly 3,300 girls have been named Camellia since 1921.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,411 in Canada (2024).

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