Caymon
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Meaning & Origin of Caymon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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The Story of Caymon
The earliest SSA record of Caymon as a baby boy name dates back to 1998, when 9 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Caymon — #6,314 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Caymon on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Caymon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Caymon
Caymon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Caymon's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #6,314. Use the chart and map above to compare Caymon'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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