Camora
Feminine
Camora is a made name, and the interesting decision in it is the first letter. The same sound can be written with a C or a K, and American naming treats that choice as meaningful: the C reads as softer and more traditional, the K as sharper and more modern. Camora takes the C, which places it differently from its own close relatives. Its peak is 2008.
How old is the name Camora?
Camora first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Camora is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Camora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Camora most popular?
Camora peaked in 2008, reaching #3120 nationally. Today it ranks #5917, 2,797 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Camora
C and K carry different signals in American naming and the difference is remarkably consistent. C is the inherited letter — it is what Latin used and what English spelling has always preferred — so a name spelled with a C reads as belonging to the existing stock even when it does not. K is the marked choice. It entered English naming heavily in the twentieth century through Scandinavian, German and Greek names, and by the 1970s it had become the standard way to signal that a name was a modern one, chosen rather than inherited. So Kamora and Camora are the same sound with opposite claims: one announces itself as new, the other quietly declines to. Neither is more correct, and the record shows both being chosen in the same decade by families making, in every other respect, the same decision. The letter is doing all the work.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented source. The name has no dictionary entry in any language and the glosses circulated online are unattributable. What can be described is the construction: a Ca- front, one of the productive first elements of late-twentieth-century American naming, and an -ora ending borrowed by sound from the Latin-derived names Aurora, Flora and Leonora. Camorra, with two r's, is the name of the Neapolitan criminal organization and is unrelated in every respect.
Pronouncing Camora
kuh-MOR-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle, with the or of more. A front-stressed KAM-or-uh is also heard and gives the name a different rhythm. Both circulate in American use.
Nicknames for Camora
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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
- 2005
- Most girls named
- 200854 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3120reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −20.0%20 in 2025, from 25
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.
Camora in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Illinois.
Camoras among us
people named Camora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 80,363 born in 2025 was named Camora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Camora
- #5917
- Camora on the 2025 chart
- #699
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Camora went to 20 girls in 2025, but Kamora, Kamorah and Khamora are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 266, which makes it the 699th most-given girls’ name of the year — 5,218 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 6,042 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 80,363 for Camora 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 Shareese test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Camora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shareese climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shareese's path sketches the road Camora is walking now.
Camora 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
Camora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Camora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Cam and Cora are both usable short forms already in independent use.
- The -ora ending gives a modern name a genuinely traditional sound.
- It is rare enough that a bearer will almost certainly not share it.
- Camora and Kamora are the same name and hers will be written the other way.
- There is no documented meaning to give when asked.
- Two stress patterns circulate and the spelling does not settle which.
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Frequently asked
- How many Camoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Camora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Camora?
- Camora is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kamora is the more common one — 214 births in 2025 against 20 for Camora.
- How popular is the name Camora in 2025?
- Camora ranks #5917 among US girl names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Camora?
- About 1 in every 80,363 US girls born in 2025 was named Camora — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Camora with classmates?
- Camora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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