Meaning not yet researched.
Cameron: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,348 in 2025. Its best rank was #31 in 2000.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #31 in 2000; #76 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Cameron in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#76 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2000, at #31.
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Cameron: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,348 boys in 2025. Peak: #31 in 2000 · most boys in one year: 12,767 (2000).
In 2025, 4,348 US boys were named Cameron, making it the 76th most common boys’ name of the year, down 10 places from #66 in 2024. That is 486 fewer than the 4,834 boys named Cameron in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #31, reached in 2000. That year also had the most boys given the name: 12,767. For comparison, it was #56 in 2015 and #731 in 1950.
In 2025, 614 US girls were named Cameron, making it the 487th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1 place from #486 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 630 girls named Cameron in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #176, reached in 1999. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,781. For comparison, it was #532 in 2015 and #2,061 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cameron in 134 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 6 babies. In all, 344,896 US babies have been given the name, 9.3% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 107,805 babies named Cameron.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52,825 US boys were named Cameron; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 6,861. In 2025 that was about 1 in 393 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cameron ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #14 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 31 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kameron (43,443 babies since 1880), Cam (3,195 babies since 1880), Cameryn (3,656 babies since 1880) and Kameryn (2,896 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Camerin, Camaron and Kameren are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cam, Ron and Ronny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Camerin (820), Camaron (767), Kameren (720), Camarion (696), Kamerin (695), Kameran (678), Kamaron (215), Cammeron (201), Camaryn (147), Kamyron (64), Camaren (59), Kamerion (55), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 105 | #14 | #30 |
| New Jersey | 226 | #25 | #42 |
| Delaware | 22 | #29 | #19 |
| Massachusetts | 143 | #34 | #32 |
| Illinois | 230 | #35 | #48 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #37 | #47 |
| Wisconsin | 110 | #39 | #40 |
| Pennsylvania | 239 | #45 | #45 |
| South Dakota | 21 | #46 | #93 |
| Ohio | 208 | #49 | #37 |
| New York | 326 | #49 | #54 |
| North Carolina | 188 | #53 | #31 |
| Minnesota | 89 | #62 | #54 |
| Missouri | 93 | #62 | #72 |
| Maryland | 82 | #65 | #38 |
| West Virginia | 27 | #65 | #48 |
| Virginia | 116 | #72 | #43 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #72 | #32 |
| Iowa | 45 | #72 | #80 |
| Michigan | 124 | #73 | #37 |
| South Carolina | 67 | #73 | #19 |
| Mississippi | 34 | #74 | #28 |
| Alaska | 10 | #79 | #114 |
| Florida | 252 | #81 | #51 |
| Maine | 15 | #84 | #35 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #85 | #59 |
| Indiana | 86 | #88 | #58 |
| Idaho | 26 | #91 | #86 |
| Alabama | 55 | #94 | #48 |
| Oregon | 40 | #94 | #73 |
| Colorado | 70 | #97 | #81 |
| Tennessee | 86 | #105 | #70 |
| Georgia | 108 | #107 | #27 |
| Arizona | 76 | #110 | #114 |
| Kansas | 34 | #111 | #95 |
| Louisiana | 45 | #115 | #38 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #124 | #94 |
| Kentucky | 46 | #125 | #52 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | #126 | #105 |
| Washington | 62 | #129 | #72 |
| California | 316 | #130 | #109 |
| Montana | 10 | #131 | #130 |
| Texas | 302 | #131 | #98 |
| Nevada | 21 | #149 | #61 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #151 | #97 |
| Arkansas | 23 | #160 | #66 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #162 | #191 |
| Nebraska | 16 | #175 | #106 |
| Utah | 29 | #188 | #107 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 614 | #487 | 4,348 | #76 |
| 2024 | 630 | #486 | 4,834 | #66 |
| 2023 | 640 | #478 | 5,089 | #58 |
| 2022 | 605 | #516 | 4,968 | #64 |
| 2021 | 668 | #468 | 5,126 | #62 |
| 2020 | 622 | #490 | 5,056 | #65 |
| 2019 | 565 | #542 | 5,255 | #67 |
| 2018 | 617 | #504 | 5,313 | #69 |
| 2017 | 577 | #536 | 5,975 | #60 |
| 2016 | 588 | #529 | 6,861 | #57 |
| 2015 | 586 | #532 | 6,760 | #56 |
| 2014 | 526 | #579 | 7,069 | #53 |
| 2013 | 511 | #567 | 6,871 | #59 |
| 2012 | 535 | #553 | 7,376 | #54 |
| 2011 | 707 | #441 | 7,527 | #53 |
| 2010 | 756 | #417 | 7,199 | #60 |
| 2009 | 907 | #357 | 7,638 | #58 |
| 2008 | 1,052 | #320 | 8,305 | #53 |
| 2007 | 1,101 | #309 | 8,986 | #50 |
| 2006 | 1,134 | #291 | 8,856 | #52 |
| 2005 | 1,242 | #263 | 8,574 | #52 |
| 2004 | 1,278 | #252 | 8,887 | #50 |
| 2003 | 1,042 | #295 | 9,965 | #40 |
| 2002 | 1,236 | #257 | 10,339 | #39 |
| 2001 | 1,319 | #241 | 11,581 | #35 |
| 2000 | 1,596 | #201 | 12,767 | #31 |
| 1999 | 1,781 | #176 | 12,435 | #33 |
| 1998 | 1,565 | #198 | 11,416 | #35 |
| 1997 | 851 | #337 | 8,219 | #45 |
| 1996 | 457 | #516 | 7,388 | #49 |
| 1995 | 405 | #569 | 7,030 | #49 |
| 1994 | 348 | #631 | 6,838 | #52 |
| 1993 | 330 | #665 | 7,092 | #54 |
| 1992 | 310 | #697 | 7,356 | #53 |
| 1991 | 303 | #702 | 6,697 | #62 |
| 1990 | 318 | #675 | 6,660 | #62 |
| 1989 | 271 | #729 | 5,593 | #64 |
| 1988 | 301 | #650 | 4,985 | #69 |
| 1987 | 258 | #709 | 3,159 | #96 |
| 1986 | 193 | #856 | 2,047 | #135 |
| 1985 | 200 | #817 | 1,792 | #154 |
| 1984 | 219 | #744 | 1,641 | #164 |
| 1983 | 158 | #937 | 1,447 | #177 |
| 1982 | 200 | #804 | 1,465 | #178 |
| 1981 | 173 | #882 | 1,327 | #189 |
| 1980 | 150 | #986 | 1,142 | #216 |
| 1979 | 136 | #1,031 | 1,125 | #211 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,032 | 1,075 | #206 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,192 | 1,010 | #219 |
| 1976 | 97 | #1,174 | 1,071 | #204 |
| 1975 | 90 | #1,252 | 1,027 | #209 |
| 1974 | 91 | #1,210 | 651 | #287 |
| 1973 | 82 | #1,268 | 513 | #332 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,340 | 555 | #324 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 | 501 | #360 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,432 | 504 | #363 |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,228 | 483 | #360 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,292 | 420 | #381 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,461 | 335 | #417 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,255 | 318 | #428 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,210 | 324 | #428 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,978 | 300 | #459 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,757 | 372 | #416 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,893 | 494 | #355 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,959 | 321 | #453 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,106 | 284 | #471 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,024 | 251 | #496 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,459 | 262 | #483 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,873 | 278 | #461 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,156 | 229 | #502 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,811 | 179 | #550 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,311 | 173 | #555 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,437 | 137 | #619 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,132 | 112 | #653 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,069 | 101 | #697 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,061 | 88 | #731 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,210 | 95 | #703 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,336 | 74 | #794 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,288 | 79 | #771 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,239 | 61 | #843 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,617 | 63 | #776 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,640 | 49 | #907 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,277 | 58 | #877 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,433 | 51 | #929 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,281 | 44 | #961 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,161 |
| 1939 | — | — | 44 | #942 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,371 |
| 1937 | — | — | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,275 | 39 | #1,013 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1934 | — | — | 42 | #986 |
| 1933 | — | — | 32 | #1,163 |
| 1932 | — | — | 42 | #1,027 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | — | — | 47 | #991 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,059 |
| 1928 | — | — | 39 | #1,128 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,084 |
| 1926 | — | — | 69 | #784 |
| 1925 | — | — | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,181 | 53 | #966 |
| 1923 | — | — | 54 | #933 |
| 1922 | — | — | 55 | #941 |
| 1921 | — | — | 61 | #894 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,086 | 77 | #745 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,356 |
| 1918 | — | — | 41 | #1,065 |
| 1917 | — | — | 42 | #1,005 |
| 1916 | — | — | 46 | #940 |
| 1915 | — | — | 35 | #1,086 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,695 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,822 |
| 1912 | — | — | 24 | #921 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #866 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,215 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,296 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,032 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,010 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,023 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,259 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,028 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #913 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #908 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #889 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,102 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,025 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #937 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #958 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #783 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #814 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #854 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).