Unisex name · since 1979
Camber
555 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.
- #11,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 555
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Camber is the #9641 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 555 recorded since 1979.
Camber has 555 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9641 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #11,107 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,641 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 555 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Camber ranks #11,107 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,641 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 555 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 555
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Camber's 555 recorded births place it above 84.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Camber compares
555 Top 43% higher than 57% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Camber's all-time total is 48% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Camber | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 555 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Camber's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Camber's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Camber popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Camber popularity over time - boys
41 total births recorded since 2013 (Camber as boys' name)
Camber by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (196 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Camber's strongest decade.
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Camber births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
196 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 196 births (35% of all-time use).
How Camber compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Camber's total volume
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What to do with Camber's data
- Camber's decade-level peak was the 2010s (196 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Camber: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Camber draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.