Cambridge — boys' name
80 babies named Cambridge in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Cambridge was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Cambridge in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cambridge
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Cambridge between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cambridge currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Cambridge is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 77 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cambridge performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cambridge shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cambridge 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 80 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.
Cambridge at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cambridge popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002
- Peak year (2016)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
80 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 11 births in a single year.
Cambridge popularity over time — girls
77 total births recorded since 1992 (Cambridge as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Cambridge accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cambridge by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 47 births that decade — 59% of Cambridge's all-time total
Cambridge decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cambridge's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 2002–2023 (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.