Cam
Cam was given to 131 boys in 2025, #1,395 among boys’ names; 3,195 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,860 Americans named Cam and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 6 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cam by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cam mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cam is “a diminutive of the male given name Cameron.”
/kæm/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cam?
#1,395 among boys’ names, 2025
Cam rose from #1,647 in 2015 to #1,395 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 50.1 to 76.7 per million.
139 babies in 2024, the peak
Cam peaked in 2024, when 139 babies were given it (129 boys, #1,424 among boys’ names). The 139 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 100% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,123 | 131 | #1,395 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,678 | 129 | #1,424 |
| 2023 | under 5 | 128 | #1,424 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 122 | #1,479 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,702 | 120 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,387 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,986 | 97 | #1,662 |
| 2018 | under 5 | 76 | #1,937 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,337 | 104 | #1,569 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,729 | 103 | #1,587 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,946 | 96 | #1,647 |
| 2014 | under 5 | 95 | #1,629 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 82 | #1,765 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 100 | #1,576 | |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,368 | 83 | #1,756 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 50 | #2,472 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 46 | #2,667 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 26 | #3,939 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 41 | #2,872 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 22 | #4,240 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 24 | #3,827 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 19 | #4,439 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 29 | #3,201 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 24 | #3,567 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 16 | #4,698 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 19 | #4,074 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 10 | #6,096 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 19 | #3,716 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 23 | #3,165 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 16 | #4,037 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 19 | #3,439 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 18 | #3,605 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 9 | #5,818 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 10 | #5,275 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 17 | #3,475 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 13 | #4,188 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 12 | #4,298 | |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,063 | 8 | #5,253 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 9 | #4,613 | |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,646 | 7 | #5,406 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 10 | #4,080 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,623 | 7 | #5,039 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 11 | #3,651 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 13 | #3,311 | |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,388 | 7 | #5,015 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,269 | 16 | #2,843 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,145 | 9 | #4,116 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,683 | 18 | #2,487 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,643 | 11 | #3,412 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,462 | 16 | #2,618 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,023 | 18 | #2,374 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,809 | 10 | #3,346 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,627 | 8 | #3,744 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,423 | 10 | #3,182 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,468 | 11 | #2,995 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,872 | 24 | #1,802 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,801 | 19 | #1,917 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,818 | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,333 | 22 | #1,661 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,221 | 15 | #2,053 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,881 | 21 | #1,726 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,532 | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,351 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,799 | 17 | #1,975 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,760 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,716 | 25 | #1,625 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,118 | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,243 | 20 | #1,772 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,936 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,719 | 13 | #2,280 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,806 | 17 | #1,909 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,177 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,940 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,972 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 7 | #3,102 | |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,362 | 9 | #2,602 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 10 | #2,473 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 11 | #2,339 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,392 | 5 | #3,786 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,488 | 11 | #2,288 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 10 | #2,269 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 6 | #3,151 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 5 | #3,517 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 7 | #2,864 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 5 | #3,596 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 5 | #3,722 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,331 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #3,849 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 5 | #3,836 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 5 | #4,072 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 8 | #3,197 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 9 | #2,940 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,439 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 5 | #4,391 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 10 | #2,833 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 7 | #3,528 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 5 | #4,240 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 11 | #2,567 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 11 | #2,443 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 6 | #3,561 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 6 | #3,458 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 6 | #2,541 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 7 | #906 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,086 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Cam a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,195 Americans recorded as Cam, 13% are girls and 87% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls and 131 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cam: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cam, and how old are they?
2,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 3,195 Americans ever recorded as Cam. The median Cam alive today is 14 years old; half are between 6 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 6,632 people named Cam (2,306 women and girls, 4,326 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,198 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Cam rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 348 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 329 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 203 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 551 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cam born?
The states with the most babies named Cam are California, Minnesota and Texas, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11 | #1,522 | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 9 | #554 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 8 | #1,938 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 8 | #840 | 0.2× |
| New York | 7 | #1,437 | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #632 | 0.1× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,666 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 6 | #858 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 6 | #801 | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,300 | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cam with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,640 babies since 1880, Cam is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 139 of their 172 babies (81%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cam
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cam and names like it
- Compare Cam and KamBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCam peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cam since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Cam.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Cam alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.