Unisex name · since 1989
Campbell
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 7,300 babies named Campbell, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,300
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Campbell currently ranks #618 among unisex names in America, with 7,300 babies recorded since 1989.
Campbell has 7,300 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #618 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #2,017 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #618 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,300 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Campbell ranks #2,017 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #618 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,300 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,300
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Campbell's 7,300 recorded births place it above 97.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Campbell compares
7,300 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Campbell's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Campbell | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,300 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 474 | 21 | 19,840 |
Campbell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Campbell splits its recorded history at 2007: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 474 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Campbell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 474
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Campbell popularity over time - boys
6,214 total births recorded since 1881 (Campbell as boys' name)
Campbell by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,957 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Campbell's strongest decade.
2,957 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Campbell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 250
1990s
250 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,957 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,522 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,566 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,957 births (41% of all-time use).
How Campbell 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 Campbell's total volume
Campbell by state
Where Campbell concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 868 | 11.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 429 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 380 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 366 | 5.0% |
| #5 | California | | 358 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 319 | 4.4% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 262 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 247 | 3.4% |
868 of 7,300 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Campbell appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Campbell's data
- Campbell's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (2,957 total births) through the 2020s (1,566) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Campbells (868 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Campbell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Campbell 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.