Cameron
Cameron is given to both girls and boys: 614 girls and 4,348 boys were given it in 2025 (#487 among girls’ names and #76 among boys’, #108 among all names counting both); 344,896 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 334,000 Americans named Cameron and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 14 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cameron by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cameron mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cameron is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “crooked, bent” (cam) and “nose” (sròn).
Also “a female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.”
From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).
/ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cameron?
#76 among boys’ names, 2025
Cameron fell from #56 in 2015 to #76 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.5 to 2.5 per 1,000.
14,363 babies in 2000, the peak
Cameron peaked in 2000, when 14,363 babies were given it (12,767 boys, #31 among boys’ names). The 4,962 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 35% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,348 | #76 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 4,834 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 5,089 | #58 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 4,968 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 5,126 | #62 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 5,056 | #65 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 5,255 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 5,313 | #69 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 5,975 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 6,861 | #57 | 3.6 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,760 | #56 | 3.5 |
| 2014 | 7,069 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | 6,871 | #59 | 3.6 |
| 2012 | 7,376 | #54 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 7,527 | #53 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 7,199 | #60 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | 7,638 | #58 | 3.9 |
| 2008 | 8,305 | #53 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | 8,986 | #50 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | 8,856 | #52 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | 8,574 | #52 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 8,887 | #50 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 9,965 | #40 | 5.0 |
| 2002 | 10,339 | #39 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | 11,581 | #35 | 6.0 |
| 2000 | 12,767 | #31 | 6.5 |
| 1999 | 12,435 | #33 | 6.5 |
| 1998 | 11,416 | #35 | 6.0 |
| 1997 | 8,219 | #45 | 4.4 |
| 1996 | 7,388 | #49 | 3.9 |
| 1995 | 7,030 | #49 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 6,838 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1993 | 7,092 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 7,356 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 1991 | 6,697 | #62 | 3.3 |
| 1990 | 6,660 | #62 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 5,593 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1988 | 4,985 | #69 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 3,159 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1986 | 2,047 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 1,792 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,641 | #164 | 0.91 |
| 1983 | 1,447 | #177 | 0.81 |
| 1982 | 1,465 | #178 | 0.81 |
| 1981 | 1,327 | #189 | 0.74 |
| 1980 | 1,142 | #216 | 0.64 |
| 1979 | 1,125 | #211 | 0.65 |
| 1978 | 1,075 | #206 | 0.65 |
| 1977 | 1,010 | #219 | 0.61 |
| 1976 | 1,071 | #204 | 0.68 |
| 1975 | 1,027 | #209 | 0.66 |
| 1974 | 651 | #287 | 0.41 |
| 1973 | 513 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1972 | 555 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1971 | 501 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1970 | 504 | #363 | 0.27 |
| 1969 | 483 | #360 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 420 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1967 | 335 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1966 | 318 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 324 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 300 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 372 | #416 | 0.18 |
| 1962 | 494 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1961 | 321 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 284 | #471 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 251 | #496 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 262 | #482 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 278 | #460 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 229 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 179 | #549 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 173 | #554 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 137 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 101 | #696 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 88 | #730 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 95 | #702 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 74 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 79 | #770 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 61 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 63 | #776 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 49 | #907 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 58 | #877 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 51 | #929 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 44 | #961 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 44 | #942 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,020 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,102 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 42 | #986 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,163 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 47 | #991 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 69 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 53 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 54 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 55 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 61 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 77 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 46 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 24 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 15 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,214 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,296 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,258 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 9 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 7 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 7 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 7 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 6 | #813 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 6 | #853 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cameron a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 344,896 Americans recorded as Cameron, 9% are girls and 91% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cameron: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cameron, and how old are they?
334,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 344,896 Americans ever recorded as Cameron. The median Cameron alive today is 23 years old; half are between 14 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 280,514 people named Cameron (27,554 women and girls, 252,960 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 305,391 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 190 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,160 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 73,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 165,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 80,700 |
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 Cameron born?
The states with the most babies named Cameron are California, New York and Texas, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 369 | #130 | 0.7× |
| New York | 358 | #49 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 354 | #131 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 278 | #81 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 274 | #45 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 258 | #35 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 251 | #25 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 236 | #49 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 213 | #53 | 1.5× |
| Massachusetts | 158 | #34 | 1.4× |
Where Cameron is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cameron is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Cameron 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 485,827 babies since 1880, Cameron is the most given (71% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,962 of their 7,247 babies (68%), 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 Cameron
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 Cameron and names like it
- Compare Cameron and KameronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sCameron peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cameron since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Cameron: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Cameron.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Cameron alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.