Camillo
Masculine · “Attendant at a religious ceremony”
Camillus was a job before it was a name: in Roman religion the camillus was the freeborn boy who assisted at sacrifices, carrying the vessels. Italian kept the word as Camillo, and a saint who reformed the care of the sick made it his own.
How old is the name Camillo?
Camillo first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Camillo alive today was born around 1951, making them about 74 years old. About 500 people named Camillo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Camillo most popular?
Camillo peaked in 1913, reaching #1365 nationally. Today it ranks #5399, 4,034 places below that high. See the whole 1913 chart.
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Where it comes from
From camillus to Camillo
The story of Camillo
Marcus Furius Camillus was the general credited with saving Rome after the Gallic sack of 390 BC and was called its second founder. Camillus de Lellis, born in 1550, was a soldier and gambler who reformed and became the founder of an order devoted to nursing the sick and the plague-stricken; he is the patron saint of hospitals and nurses, and it is through him that Camillo became an ordinary Italian name. Italian migration brought it to America, and the peak in 1913 sits at the height of that wave; the name has been rare in American records since 1930.
Meaning
Attendant at a religious ceremony
From Latin camillus, a young attendant at a sacrifice — a boy of free birth with both parents living, who served the flamen. The word is thought to be Etruscan in origin, which is why its own etymology stops there. The reading as a Roman ritual office is settled; the word behind that office is not recoverable.
How the name formed
- camillus
- Camillo
Related forms: Camillo · Camillus · Camille · Camilo · Camilo
Pronouncing Camillo
kah-MEEL-loh
Three syllables, stress in the middle, with the double l held in Italian. American speakers say kuh-MIL-oh, dropping the length.
Nicknames for Camillo
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
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 192126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1365reached in 1913
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%17 in 2025, from 17
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.
Camillo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Camillo in Italian — same name
- Camillus in Latin — related form
- Camille in French — related form
- Camilo in Spanish — related form
- Camilo in Portuguese — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Camillos among us
people named Camillo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 100,475 born in 2025 was named Camillo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Camillo
- #5399
- Camillo on the 2025 chart
- #480
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Camillo went to 17 boys in 2025, but Camilo, Kamilo and Kamylo are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 566, which makes it the 480th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,919 places above the chart.
- Camilo503
- Kamilo38
- Camillo17
- Kamylo8
About 1 boy in 3,018 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 100,475 for Camillo 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
Fashion outlook
Camillo 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
Camillo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Camillo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and connects to a specific Roman religious office.
- Cam is available as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- It is spelled the same in Italian and close in Spanish and Portuguese.
- In French Camille is used for both sexes and leans feminine.
- Camilo, Camillo and Camille will be written for each other.
- It has been rare in American records for nearly a century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Camillos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Camillo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Camillo?
- Camillo is one of 4 recorded spellings. Camilo is the more common one — 503 births in 2025 against 17 for Camillo.
- How popular is the name Camillo in 2025?
- Camillo ranks #5399 among US boy names in 2025, with 17 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Camillo?
- About 1 in every 100,475 US boys born in 2025 was named Camillo — 17 in all.
- Will my child share the name Camillo with classmates?
- Camillo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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