Head to head · Girls' names
Camila vs Hazel
#19 vs #21 in 2025
Camila is a whisker ahead (#19 vs #21 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Camila is stepping back from its peak, Hazel is back after a long quiet spell. On momentum, Hazel has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Camila leads 4 measures of 6; Hazel leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Camila —, Hazel #139 — Hazel higher
- 1890s: Camila —, Hazel #25 — Hazel higher
- 1900s: Camila —, Hazel #25 — Hazel higher
- 1910s: Camila #3402, Hazel #28 — Hazel higher
- 1920s: Camila #3875, Hazel #46 — Hazel higher
- 1930s: Camila #4090, Hazel #91 — Hazel higher
- 1940s: Camila #3979, Hazel #161 — Hazel higher
- 1950s: Camila #4649, Hazel #288 — Hazel higher
- 1960s: Camila #4164, Hazel #523 — Hazel higher
- 1970s: Camila #4077, Hazel #932 — Hazel higher
- 1980s: Camila #3185, Hazel #1161 — Hazel higher
- 1990s: Camila #1303, Hazel #1112 — Hazel higher
- 2000s: Camila #295, Hazel #575 — Camila higher
- 2010s: Camila #37, Hazel #114 — Camila higher
- 2020s: Camila #13, Hazel #24 — Camila higher
Hazel stood higher in 12 of 15 decades; Camila has held the lead since the 2000s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Camila | Hazel |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | — | #139 |
| 1890s | — | #25 |
| 1900s | — | #25 |
| 1910s | #3402 | #28 |
| 1920s | #3875 | #46 |
| 1930s | #4090 | #91 |
| 1940s | #3979 | #161 |
| 1950s | #4649 | #288 |
| 1960s | #4164 | #523 |
| 1970s | #4077 | #932 |
| 1980s | #3185 | #1161 |
| 1990s | #1303 | #1112 |
| 2000s | #295 | #575 |
| 2010s | #37 | #114 |
| 2020s | #13 | #24 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Camila
Not charting outside the US.
Hazel
- Canada#27
- England & Wales#75
- Scotland#94
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Camila
From Latin camillus/camilla, a young attendant at a religious ceremony
The Latin word camilla — a child who assisted a priest at sacrifices — is well documented, and most reference works read the name straight from it. Where the Latin word itself came from is not settled; a number of scholars trace it to Etruscan, the language Rome borrowed many names from, in which case the original sense is lost. Both readings are respectable, and neither can be proved out.
Camillus → Camilla → Camila
How it traveled
The name begins as a Roman cognomen, Camillus for men and Camilla for women, carried by one of the old patrician families of the Republic. Virgil's Aeneid, written in the first century BC, fixed Camilla in the literary memory of Europe, and the name survived through medieval and Catholic Italy, where Camilla with two l's is still standard.
Hazel
The hazel tree, or its nut
From Old English hæsel, the ordinary word for the tree. English has also used "hazel" for a greenish-brown eye color since the sixteenth century, which is part of why the word felt like a name.
hæsel (Old English) → hazel (the tree and the nut) → Hazel
How it traveled
The word is Old English, hæsel, with cousins across the Germanic languages, and it stayed a plain botanical term for centuries. In nineteenth-century Britain and America, plant and flower words were adopted wholesale as girls' names, and Hazel arrived on the American charts in that wave and rose quickly.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Camila
kuh-MEE-luh
In Spanish, kah-MEE-lah, with all three vowels fully sounded. Both are widely used in the United States and neither needs correcting. The Italian Camilla differs: there the stress sits on -MIL- with a doubled l.
- Cami — The most common short form in English and Spanish alike; also spelled Cammy or Camy.
- Mila — Taken from the second half of the name; also a full given name in its own right, and currently common as one.
- Cam — Clipped and informal, more often heard from friends and teammates than from family.
- Camilita — Spanish diminutive, used affectionately within families rather than in writing.
- Also Cami-Cam.
Hazel
HAY-zul
Stress on the first syllable. The spelling is the everyday English word, so misreadings are almost unheard of among English speakers.
- Haze — The most common informal shortening; used among family and friends rather than in writing.
- Hazy — An affectionate childhood form, generally outgrown.
- Zel — Occasionally used within families; rare outside them.
- Hazel — Most bearers simply use the full name — at two syllables it is already short, and nicknames are optional here in a way they are not for longer names.
Who has carried each name
Camila
Camila Cabello (b. 1997) — Pop star whose "Havana" topped charts worldwide
Camila Mendes (b. 1994) — Riverdale's Veronica Lodge
Hazel
No documented entry for Hazel yet.
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Camila if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsCamila is stepping back from its peak
- a name with more sound in itCamila runs 3 syllables, Hazel 2
- a newer arrivalCamila entered the US charts in 1914
- a name that feels very nowCamila is stepping back from its peak
Choose Hazel if you want…
- a name on the way upup 10 places on the charts in five years
- a name with fewer syllablesHazel is 2 syllables to Camila's 3
- a name that charts abroad tooHazel is on the national lists of Canada, England & Wales and Scotland
- a long American recordHazel was already in use when US records began in 1880
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Camila
Strengths
- Recognized on sight across Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English, with a matching form in most of Europe — useful in a bilingual family.
- A documented record stretching from Roman family names through Virgil to the present day, with no gap in use.
- Established short forms already in circulation: Cami, Mila, Cam, and the Spanish Camilita.
To consider
- The double-l Camilla is the older English and Italian spelling, so expect a spare l to be added by people writing it from hearing it.
- Its rise here is recent and steep, which means it currently reads as a name of children rather than of adults — that will even out as this generation grows.
- Mila and Cami are both popular in their own right, so the nickname may be shared in a classroom even when the full name is not.
Hazel
Strengths
- Spelled exactly like the common English word, so it is written correctly on the first try by almost everyone.
- A single obvious pronunciation, with no regional variants to correct.
- An unbroken record in English use since the Victorian plant-name fashion, and still rising now.
To consider
- It is rising sharply, and the wider plant-name family is rising with it — a Hazel is likely to share a classroom with Ivy, Willow or Olive even if not with another Hazel.
- Because so many living bearers belong to older generations, some people still hear it as a name from their grandparents' era rather than a current one.
- In mid-century America a popular television series centered on a housekeeper named Hazel, an association a few older listeners may still make.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Camila
83%chance Camila feels dated by 2040
Camila is coming down from a big peak (#11 in 2020). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
Hazel
12%chance Hazel feels dated by 2040
Hazel has held the top-100 across 6 different decades — it has never depended on fashion, and names like that read the same at any age.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Lists that carry both names
Every list here names both Camila and Hazel — the same style, ranked by the same records.
Camila or Hazel — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Camila or Hazel?
- Camila, in 2025: Camila ranked #19 with 6,591 babies; Hazel ranked #21 with 6,318 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Camila or Hazel?
- Hazel. Over the last five years Camila moved down 8 places; Hazel moved up 10 places.
- Which is the older name, Camila or Hazel?
- Camila entered the US charts in 1914; Hazel was already in use when US records began in 1880. On the American record, Hazel is the older name.
- How many people are named Camila and Hazel?
- About 123,000 people named Camila are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 111,000 people named Hazel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Camilas or Hazels in the classroom?
- Roughly 1 in 10 classrooms will have a child named Camila. Hazel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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