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Cameron

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~335,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#76 among boys
Births in 2025
4,962 344,896 since 1880
Typical age
22 years, median

Cameron popularity over time

Cameron rank by birth year, 1882–2025Cameron ranked #837 in 1882 and #76 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #31, in 2000.#100#1,000#76best #31 in 200018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1882–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2000: 14,363 births recorded as Cameron. 1882 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 39 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #76, with 4,962 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 32%.

Babies named Cameron per yearPeaks at 14,363 births in 2000.14,363 in 2000018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Cameron?

About 335,400 people named Cameron are alive in the United States today. That is out of 344,896 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 31,700 women and 303,700 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Cameron?

Median age among living Camerons: 22. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Cameron a millennial-era name.

Your Cameron

Ages of living people named CameronHalf of living Camerons are older than 22 and half younger.median 22020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Cameron is most common

The name is concentrated in Rhode Island, at 3.1× the national rate. Delaware, Connecticut and Massachusetts follow.

Where Cameron is used more than average5 states use the name Cameron more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.2× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 2.6× the national rateCTRhode Island: 3.1× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.9× the national rateDEMassachusetts: 2.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Cameron is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 317 3.1×
Delaware 273 2.9×
Connecticut 1,110 2.6×
Massachusetts 2,122 2.4×
New Hampshire 300 2.2×

Is Cameron a boy's or a girl's name?

9% girls91% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 10.4% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 9.3% of births under the name were girls.

Cameron in England and Wales

ONS recorded 238 births named Cameron in 2025, ranking it #216.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Cameron comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Cameron

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Cameron Diaz American actress and model 1972 107
Cameron Boyce American actor 1999–2019 51
Cameron Crowe American filmmaker and journalist 1957 35
Cameron Monaghan American actor and model 1993 33
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson English association football player 1997 32
Cameron Jerome British footballer 1986 31
Cameron McEvoy Australian swimmer 1994 29
Cameron Burgess Australian-Scottish association football player 1995 29
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,417 in 1987 to 5,286 in 1988 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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