Cam
Cam is both a given name and a surname, often a shorthand for Cameron or Camilla. Notable people with the name include:
- Vietnamese
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cam
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cam is both a given name and a surname, often a shorthand for Cameron or Camilla. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
- English
The Story of Cam
As a girl name
Cam first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1946, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1961: 20 births, good for #2,752 nationwide. About 31% of every Cam on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Cam last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 393 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Cam on the record books as a boy name in 1892, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 140 Cams were born — ranking #1,357 that year. About 30% of every Cam on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cam ranks #1,357 for boys with 140 births, rising sharply (+34% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cam
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cam. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cam
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About the name Cam
Cam is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Cam's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #900. Use the chart and map above to compare Cam's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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