How Many People Are Named Cameron?
people named Cameron are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 344,896 babies named Cameron in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
14,363 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cameron in English. Counting Cameron and these spellings together, about 392,343 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cameron, 9.5% were girls and 90.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 1.8% of the babies were girls then and 11.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cameron alive today is about 22 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cameron first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 2000, to 14,363 babies. In 2025, 4,962 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cameron never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #31, in 2000, and it was in the top 100 for 39 years, 1987 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #76.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #76 |
| Best rank | #31 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 39 (1987 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #39 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cameron alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cameron were born in California than in any other state: about 31,643 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cameron was given 2 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.7 times in Maine and 1.6 times in North Carolina.
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