Cami
Feminine · “attendant at a sacrifice”
Cami is a short form of Camille and Camila, and the Roman word behind them named a specific role — a child who assisted a priest at sacrifices.
How old is the name Cami?
Cami first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Cami alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 5,500 people named Cami are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cami most popular?
Cami peaked in 1967, reaching #506 nationally. Today it ranks #4172, 3,666 places below that high. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From camilla to Cami
The story of Cami
The camilli were children of free birth who carried the implements at Roman sacrifices — a real ritual office with a real name. Virgil's Camilla is a Volscian warrior who runs so fast she can cross a field of corn without bending it. French made Camille and Spanish Camila. Cami is the household form in both and appears in American records under its own name from the 1960s.
Meaning
attendant at a sacrifice
From Latin camillus and camilla, a freeborn boy or girl who served a priest in Roman ritual; the word is probably Etruscan in origin. Virgil gave the name to a warrior maiden in the Aeneid, which is where its literary life begins.
How the name formed
- camilla
- Camille
- Cami
Related forms: Camille · Camila · Camilla
Pronouncing Cami
KAM-ee
Two syllables, first stressed. Spanish speakers say kah-MEE.
Nicknames for Cami
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1955
- Most girls named
- 1968163 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #506reached in 1967
- Change vs 2024
- −30.6%34 in 2025, from 49
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cami in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Camille in French — related form
- Camila in Spanish — related form
- Camilla in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Camis among us
people named Cami are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 47,273 born in 2025 was named Cami
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cami
- #4172
- Cami on the 2025 chart
- #880
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cami went to 34 girls in 2025, but Kami is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 80, which makes it the 880th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,292 places above the chart.
- Kami46
- Cami34
About 1 girl in 20,091 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,273 for Cami itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Donald test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cami's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Donald climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Donald's path sketches the road Cami is walking now.
Cami sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Cami is headed
Cami should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Cami beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cami in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning naming a real and specific Roman office.
- Camille and Camila both stand behind it as fuller formal options.
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- It reads as a nickname, which may matter on a formal document.
- A camisole is often called a cami, which is a strong association.
- The stress differs between the English and Spanish readings.
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Feminine · #4172 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Camis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,500 people named Cami are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cami?
- Cami is one of 2 recorded spellings. Kami is the more common one — 46 births in 2025 against 34 for Cami.
- How popular is the name Cami in 2025?
- Cami ranks #4172 among US girl names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cami?
- About 1 in every 47,273 US girls born in 2025 was named Cami — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cami with classmates?
- Cami will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Cami
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