Cameron
Cameron was the 76th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 4,348 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 31st with 12,767 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 20 places. More babies were named Cameron in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning crooked nose (Gaelic surname) · Scottish Gaelic
Say it KAM-er-uhn /ˈkæmərən/
- Rank in 2025
- #76 boys, down 11 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 4,348boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200012,767 babies
- Total since 1880
- 344,896babies recorded
What does the name Cameron mean?
Cameron is a Scottish clan surname. Its usual explanation is Gaelic Camshròn, from cam, 'crooked', and sròn, 'nose', originally a nickname; Campbell, 'crooked mouth', is formed the same way. Wiktionary also records a Fife place name Cameron, perhaps from a Pictish phrase meaning 'crooked hill', which may have given rise to some Cameron families. As a first name it is a modern transfer from the surname; Wiktionary records it for boys and, from the 1970s, for girls as well.
Camshròn (Scottish Gaelic, “crooked nose”)cam (Scottish Gaelic, “crooked, bent”)sròn (Scottish Gaelic, “nose”)
How sure is this? Probable. The 'crooked nose' nickname is the standard explanation; a place-name origin is possible for some families.
Related names: Camron, Kameron, Cam.
See also: Scottish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cameron', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Clan Cameron', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Cameron
The usual nicknames for Cameron are Cam. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Cameron in the last five years, 3 were named Cam, against fewer than 1 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam · also for Camden, Camryn, Campbell | Modern | #1,395 | 630 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Camerons go by each one.
Cameron popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #487 | #76 | 614 | 4,348 |
| 2020 | #490 | #65 | 622 | 5,056 |
| 2010 | #417 | #60 | 756 | 7,199 |
| 2000 | #201 | #31 | 1,596 | 12,767 |
| 1990 | #675 | #62 | 318 | 6,660 |
| 1980 | #986 | #216 | 150 | 1,142 |
| 1970 | #1,432 | #363 | 72 | 504 |
| 1960 | #2,106 | #471 | 30 | 284 |
| 1950 | #2,061 | #731 | 22 | 88 |
| 1940 | — | #1,161 | — | 33 |
| 1930 | — | #991 | — | 47 |
| 1920 | #5,086 | #745 | 5 | 77 |
| 1910 | — | #1,215 | — | 8 |
| 1900 | — | #913 | — | 9 |
| 1890 | — | #1,025 | — | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Cameron, counting every spelling?
Cameron is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #67 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #76 for Cameron on its own. Together these spellings went to 5,016 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | 4,348 | #76 | 24,365 |
| Kameron | 663 | #466 | 3,957 |
| Kameren | — | — | 33 |
| Cameren | 5 | #12,356 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cameron?
4,348 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cameron (1.21 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cameron born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 44. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 2 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cameron.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cameron?
About 302,600 people born in the US named Cameron are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 14 and 30. That makes Cameron mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cameron by state
How common Cameron was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Rhode Island (3.3×), Connecticut (3.0×), Delaware (3.0×), Massachusetts (2.5×), New Hampshire (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Utah, Texas, Idaho.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cameron: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cameron, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Cameron · Sibling names for Cameron
Questions about the name Cameron
What does Cameron mean?
Cameron means “crooked nose (Gaelic surname)” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Cameron?
Cameron was the 76th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 4,348 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 31st with 12,767 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 20 places. More babies were named Cameron in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Cameron a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Cameron in the US.
Where is Cameron most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cameron was most common in Rhode Island (9.26 per 1,000 boys), followed by Connecticut and Delaware.