Camden
- #1,427 for girls in 2025, 151 births
- #205 for boys in 2025, 1,722 births
- Given to boys 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 3,897 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 59,178since 1915
Camden over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,427 | 151 | #205 | 1,722 |
| 2024 | #1,575 | 134 | #193 | 1,865 |
| 2023 | #1,645 | 126 | #180 | 2,022 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 | #188 | 2,014 |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | #176 | 2,205 |
| 2020 | #1,559 | 135 | #167 | 2,311 |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 112 | #159 | 2,459 |
| 2018 | #1,640 | 129 | #152 | 2,562 |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 | #148 | 2,671 |
| 2016 | #1,472 | 156 | #124 | 3,344 |
| 2015 | #1,580 | 138 | #104 | 3,771 |
| 2014 | #1,774 | 116 | #101 | 3,895 |
| 2013 | #1,713 | 121 | #99 | 3,897 |
| 2012 | #1,791 | 114 | #156 | 2,600 |
| 2011 | #1,679 | 125 | #160 | 2,411 |
| 2010 | #1,738 | 120 | #180 | 2,105 |
| 2009 | #1,353 | 176 | #194 | 1,959 |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 | #203 | 1,936 |
| 2007 | #1,480 | 157 | #218 | 1,748 |
| 2006 | #1,424 | 159 | #222 | 1,621 |
| 2005 | #1,533 | 134 | #235 | 1,463 |
| 2004 | #1,329 | 160 | #233 | 1,446 |
| 2003 | #1,625 | 118 | #254 | 1,294 |
| 2002 | #1,510 | 125 | #287 | 1,039 |
| 2001 | #1,540 | 120 | #312 | 889 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | #361 | 731 |
| 1999 | #2,038 | 76 | #438 | 526 |
| 1998 | #2,461 | 56 | #523 | 396 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #605 | 292 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 | #684 | 237 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #729 | 215 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #804 | 174 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #757 | 190 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #876 | 145 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #962 | 123 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #949 | 119 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,024 | 101 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #1,076 | 85 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,077 | 79 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #1,242 | 60 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,507 | 41 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Camden! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Camden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Dakota#70 · 1 in 224
- Maryland#101 · 1 in 416
- Virginia#117 · 1 in 517
- Kansas#119 · 1 in 439
- New Hampshire#121 · 1 in 375
Best ever in a state: #29 in Wyoming, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #70 | 15 | 1 in 224 |
| Maryland | #101 | 55 | 1 in 416 |
| Virginia | #117 | 72 | 1 in 517 |
| Kansas | #119 | 32 | 1 in 439 |
| New Hampshire | #121 | 12 | 1 in 375 |
| Iowa | #127 | 32 | 1 in 432 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Alabama | #131 | 42 | 1 in 512 |
| Indiana | #134 | 62 | 1 in 511 |
| Nebraska | #136 | 19 | 1 in 464 |
| Oklahoma | #142 | 33 | 1 in 536 |
| Missouri | #145 | 48 | 1 in 579 |
| Ohio | #151 | 91 | 1 in 577 |
| Kentucky | #153 | 35 | 1 in 587 |
| Tennessee | #156 | 62 | 1 in 593 |
| North Carolina | #157 | 82 | 1 in 628 |
| South Carolina | #157 | 37 | 1 in 573 |
| Washington | #157 | 53 | 1 in 619 |
| Wisconsin | #162 | 39 | 1 in 601 |
| Arkansas | #165 | 22 | 1 in 572 |
| Maine | #172 | 7 | 1 in 549 |
| Idaho | #173 | 15 | 1 in 575 |
| Illinois | #174 | 68 | 1 in 729 |
| Georgia | #185 | 66 | 1 in 761 |
| Connecticut | #197 | 17 | 1 in 777 |
| West Virginia | #200 | 9 | 1 in 684 |
| Minnesota | #202 | 32 | 1 in 766 |
| Louisiana | #211 | 24 | 1 in 797 |
| Arizona | #214 | 39 | 1 in 839 |
| Colorado | #217 | 30 | 1 in 895 |
| Pennsylvania | #221 | 56 | 1 in 933 |
| Michigan | #225 | 44 | 1 in 913 |
| Massachusetts | #230 | 26 | 1 in 1,039 |
| Oregon | #230 | 18 | 1 in 837 |
| Florida | #242 | 85 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Utah | #265 | 19 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 10 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Texas | #332 | 113 | 1 in 1,549 |
| California | #352 | 99 | 1 in 1,772 |
| New York | #387 | 45 | 1 in 1,876 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Camden
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 38 spots since 2020 (#167 → #205)
- Biggest jump: 119 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 47 spots in 1994
Rise & fade · boys
98 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2013 at #99 (3,897 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2013
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 485
- Highest: 1 in 485 boys born in 2013 were named Camden (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 992 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 50.2% of all boys named Camden (29,715) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
- Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,777 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,385 (1926) | #4,053 |
| 1930s | 9 | #2,479 (1937) | #2,479 |
| 1940s | 25 | #2,712 (1942) | #3,236 |
| 1950s | 33 | #3,201 (1955) | #3,702 |
| 1960s | 60 | #2,311 (1968) | #3,423 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,568 (1979) | #3,489 |
| 1980s | 507 | #1,024 (1989) | #1,654 |
| 1990s | 2,417 | #438 (1999) | #733 |
| 2000s | 14,126 | #194 (2009) | #252 |
| 2010s | 29,715 | #99 (2013) | #138 |
| 2020s | 12,139 | #167 (2020) | #185 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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