Camryn
Camryn was the 477th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 644 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 158th with 2,048 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 81 places. More babies were named Camryn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Cameron ('crooked nose') · Scottish Gaelic
Say it KAM-rin /ˈkæmrɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #477 girls, down 70 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 644girls
- Girls and boys
- 88% girls, 12% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19992,048 babies
- Total since 1880
- 35,657babies recorded
What does the name Camryn mean?
Camryn is a modern spelling of Cameron, used mainly for girls. Wiktionary derives the Scottish surname Cameron from Gaelic camshròn, from cam, "crooked", and sròn, "nose", originally a nickname; Campbell, "crooked mouth", is formed the same way. A Scottish place name Cameron may have a different origin. Camryn became common in the US in the 1990s and 2000s.
cam (Scottish Gaelic, “crooked, bent”)sròn (Scottish Gaelic, “nose”)
How sure is this? Probable. Cameron's 'crooked nose' origin applies to the surname; some Camerons come from a place name.
Related names: Cameron, Kamryn, Camren.
See also: Scottish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Camryn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cameron', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Nicknames for Camryn
The usual nicknames for Camryn are Cam and Cammie.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam · also for Cameron, Camden, Campbell | Modern | #11,127 | 23 |
| Cammie | Modern | #9,579 | 40 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Camryns go by each one.
Camryn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #477 | #2,234 | 644 | 63 |
| 2020 | #407 | #1,541 | 769 | 107 |
| 2010 | #282 | #860 | 1,172 | 244 |
| 2000 | #185 | #1,254 | 1,753 | 105 |
| 1990 | #4,258 | #3,329 | 23 | 18 |
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How popular is Camryn, counting every spelling?
Camryn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #273 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #477 for Camryn on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,228 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camryn | 644 | #477 | 3,464 |
| Kamryn | 544 | #556 | 2,919 |
| Kamrynn | 22 | #5,636 | 168 |
| Camrynn | 18 | #6,369 | 95 |
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 Camryn?
644 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Camryn (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Camryn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Camryn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Camryn?
About 30,700 people born in the US named Camryn are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 11 and 24. That makes Camryn 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.
Camryn by state
How common Camryn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Nebraska (2.2×), Louisiana (2.0×), Iowa (2.0×), Maryland (1.9×), South Carolina (1.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Nevada, Utah, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Camryn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Camryn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Camryn · Sibling names for Camryn
Questions about the name Camryn
What does Camryn mean?
Camryn means “variant of Cameron ('crooked nose')” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Camryn?
Camryn was the 477th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 644 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 158th with 2,048 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 81 places. More babies were named Camryn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Camryn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 88% girls, 12% boys given the name Camryn in the US.
Where is Camryn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Camryn was most common in South Dakota (1.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nebraska and Louisiana.