Cameo
Cameo was last recorded in 2020, when 6 babies were given it; 1,719 Americans have been recorded with it between 1957 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,650 Americans named Cameo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 31 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cameo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cameo?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,779, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
73 babies in 1992, the peak
Cameo peaked in 1992, when 73 babies were given it (68 girls, #2,007 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,779 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,738 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,343 | 5 | #12,585 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,734 | 7 | #9,833 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,951 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,086 | 8 | #8,897 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,966 | 8 | #8,922 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,445 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,262 | 6 | #11,033 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 5 | #12,531 |
Every recorded year (60)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | #13,962 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,207 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,970 | 5 | #12,647 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,608 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,260 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,035 | 5 | #11,624 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,643 | 6 | #9,749 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,752 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,851 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,197 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,447 | 5 | #10,113 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,930 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,557 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,968 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,735 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,036 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,125 | 7 | #6,909 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,007 | 5 | #8,588 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,211 | 8 | #6,015 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,077 | 5 | #8,281 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,219 | 10 | #4,854 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,271 | 11 | #4,188 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,277 | 19 | #2,735 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,056 | 10 | #4,162 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,023 | 12 | #3,619 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,192 | 10 | #3,952 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,275 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,967 | 9 | #4,271 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,012 | 17 | #2,687 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,939 | 14 | #3,115 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,022 | 11 | #3,593 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,197 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,915 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,606 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,818 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,218 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,572 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,292 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,592 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,521 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,498 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,638 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,864 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,912 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,530 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,577 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,761 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,775 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,354 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,442 | under 5 |
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 Cameo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,719 Americans recorded as Cameo, 87% are girls and 13% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cameo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cameo, and how old are they?
1,650 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 1,719 Americans ever recorded as Cameo. The median Cameo alive today is 39 years old; half are between 31 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 1,486 people named Cameo (1,300 women and girls, 186 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,667 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 39 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 393 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 874 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 273 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 73 |
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 Cameo born?
The states with the most babies named Cameo are California, Texas and Michigan, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 160 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Minnesota | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Utah | 5 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Cameo 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 13,593 babies since 1880, Cameo is the second most given (13% of them). In 2025 none of their 81 babies recorded by SSA was a Cameo (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Cameo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1950-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Christen | 13,706 |
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 Cameo and names like it
- Compare Cameo and CamiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCameo peaked in 1992.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cameo since 1910.
- The top names of 1992The year the most babies were named Cameo.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Cameo alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.