Camber — #12460 US unisex name
545 babies named Camber in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Camber was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Camber in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camber
The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Camber between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camber currently holds the #12460 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Camber is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 41 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camber performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Camber shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camber in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 545 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Camber at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Camber popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2014)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #12460 among girls.
545 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 25 births in a single year.
Camber popularity over time — boys
41 total births recorded since 2013 (Camber as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Camber accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Camber by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 196 births that decade — 36% of Camber's all-time total
Camber decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Camber's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.