Kameron
Kameron is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kameron Alexander, American singer, songwriter and record producer Kameron Canaday, American football player Kameron Chancellor, American football player Kameron Chatman, American basketball player Kameron Cline, American football player Kameron Edwards, American basketball player Kameron Fox, Bermudian cricketer Kameron…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kameron
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kameron is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kameron Alexander, American singer, songwriter and record producer Kameron Canaday, American football player Kameron Chancellor, American football player Kameron Chatman, American basketball player Kameron Cline, American football player Kameron Edwards, American basketball player Kameron Fox, Bermudian cricketer Kameron…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kameron
As a girl name
American parents first put Kameron on the record books as a girl name in 1965, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 221 Kamerons were born — ranking #957 that year. About 38% of every Kameron on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kameron ranks #4,034 for girls with 36 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kameron on the record books as a boy name in 1956, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 1,506 Kamerons were born — ranking #245 that year. About 33% of every Kameron on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kameron ranks #486 for boys with 638 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 40K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kameron
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kameron. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kameron
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About the name Kameron
Kameron is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 40K births in the dataset. Kameron's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #245. Use the chart and map above to compare Kameron'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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