Cameron
Cameron is a given name in the English language.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cameron
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cameron is a given name in the English language.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cameron
As a girl name
Cameron first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 1,781 births, good for #176 nationwide. About 36% of every Cameron on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cameron ranks #487 for girls with 626 births, holding steady (+3%). All told, over 33K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Cameron as a boy name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 12,765 newborns named Cameron — #31 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Cameron on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cameron ranks #69 for boys with 4,837 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 318K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cameron
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cameron. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cameron
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About the name Cameron
Cameron is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 318K births in the dataset. Cameron's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #31. Use the chart and map above to compare Cameron'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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