Cam

Where Cam comes from

Shortening.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cam
  • 1 syllable
Cam through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #900
    7 babies named Cam, its best rank.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1982
    Cam Gigandet born
    American actor
  5. 1987
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  6. 1991
    Cam Fowler born
    Canadian-born American ice hockey player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
Namesakes
  • Cam Gigandet · American actor, born 1982
  • Cam Fowler · Canadian-born American ice hockey player, born 1991
  • Cam Neely · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1965
  • Cam Ward · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1984
  • Cam Whitmore · American basketball player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.