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Kamil

#3,554 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Kamil has been given to 2,643 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #3,554 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 82 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.

Babies named Kamil, 2025

1 in 104,000

Kamil over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kamil over time

In 2025, Kamil went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kamil: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Latin

What Kamil means

Kamil has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Kamil

One of the source’s documented entries for Kamil records a meaning of perfect, complete.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamil is used in Czech, Polish and Slovak. Its origins include Latin.

Kamil comes through Latin Camillus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Camille.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Kamil is pronounced [ˈkamɪl].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,092 boys were recorded with the name Kamil between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 82 in 2006; its best national rank was #1,659 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,450 in 2020 to #3,554 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,546 in 2015 to #3,554 in 2025.

In the United States, 551 girls were recorded with the name Kamil between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2013; its best national rank was #5,269 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,226 in 2020 to #11,395 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,579 in 2015 to #11,395 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kamil?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 104,000
32 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 53,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,554
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
71,810 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kamil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 71,810 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamil was born before 2006 — so the typical Kamil is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,092
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (673).

Is Kamil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−784
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,104
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,008
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.0%
Peak was 2006 (82)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,659
1996

Spellings of Kamil

Kamil is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 16.8% against Kamil's 0.35%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kamil is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kamil was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 73,532 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 20,000
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 33,333
  3. 3New York1 in 50,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6Connecticut1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kamil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kamil is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kamil was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 481,315 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kamil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kamil around the world

Where Kamil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,007
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2022
    #703
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    2009–2013
    #244
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2005–2021
    #755
    in 2021
  • France
    1963–2025
    #191
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2018
    #499
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–1997
    #543
    in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kamil

People whose public names include Kamil, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kamil in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kamil. Linked forms have their own page here.

KamillKamiloCamilloCamilito

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kamil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,554
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,104
Best rank ever
#1,659
1996
Peak year
2006
82 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,092
Count in 2025
32

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,395
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,169
Best rank ever
#5,269
2001
Peak year
2013
24 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
551
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Kamil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KamarKamalKamauKamranKamelKamrinKamdynKamrenYamilKamenKamrynKamaniKamonKamirKamronKamdonKamKamerynKamauriKamaziKamarionJamilKamiloKamari

Names with a curve like Kamil

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kamil, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

YonatanAshwinDemitriMaleekTyrenMckaySaadDaylanBraytonDraytonAmanWillem

Sibling names for Kamil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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