How Many People Are Named Camden?
people named Camden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,480 people in the US has this name
Based on 63,101 babies named Camden in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,018 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was from a place name perhaps meaning "enclosed valley" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English historian William Camden (1551-1623).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Camden, 6.2% were girls and 93.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Camden fell from 24.8% in the 1970s to 6.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Camden alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Camden first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2013, to 4,018 babies. In 2025, 1,873 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Camden never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #99, in 2013, and it was in the top 100 in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #205.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #205 |
| Best rank | #99 (2013) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (2013 to 2013) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #132 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Camden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Camden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,248 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Camden was given 3.1 times as often in New Hampshire, 2.6 times in Maine and 2.5 times in Vermont.
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