Spellings

Camille or Kamille?

In the US in 2025, 91% of babies in this name family were spelled Camille and 9% Kamille. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Camille already led in 2015, with 86% of the family's births; it has 91% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,521 to 1,420 births (−7%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Camille1,3091,299steady
Kamille212121−43%

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /kəˈmil/ (kuh-MEEL). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

In France in 2025: Camille 915 births (#61 among boys) and Kamille 5 births.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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