Camellia
2025 SSA
About Camellia
Camellia is a rare flower name with distinct roots related to the Camille/Camila group and has varied associations to the moon, water, wealth, and perfection. It could be thought of as a floral replacement for Amelia.
The attractive flowering tree was named by Linnaeus for the Moravian Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel and has been used, if sparingly, as a first name since the 1930s.
In the language of flowers, the camellia denotes admiration and perfection, and it's the state flower of Alabama. The Dumas novel The Lady of the Camellias is the basis of the opera La Traviata and the Garbo film Camille.
Pronounced kuh-MEL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Camellia ranked #1676 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1387 in 1948.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,589 | 68 | 38.1 |
| 2015 | #2,655 | 67 | 37.5 |
| 2016 | #2,347 | 80 | 45.1 |
| 2017 | #2,113 | 91 | 52.7 |
| 2018 | #1,926 | 103 | 60.5 |
| 2019 | #2,002 | 96 | 57.2 |
| 2020 | #1,678 | 122 | 75.5 |
| 2021 | #1,740 | 118 | 71.9 |
| 2022 | #1,975 | 99 | 60.4 |
| 2023 | #1,726 | 119 | 74.2 |
| 2024 | #1,539 | 138 | 85.2 |
| 2025 | #1,676 | 123 | 76.5 |
World rankings
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Camellia on lists
Famous Camellias
- Camellia Johnson
American operatic soprano
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Jewel Cora,Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford,Brent, English cricketer
Camellia in pop culture
- Camellia Rasheed
character in "Virgins of Paradise" by Barbara Wood
- Camellia Sackville
hobbit mentioned in the Lord of the Rings series
- Camellia
deimos character in video game "Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits"
- Camellia
character in Brazilian Carnival march 'Jardineira'
- "The Lady of the Camellias
" novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils