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

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Peak · boys
2013 · 3,897 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
59,178
since 1915

Camden over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #1,329, 2004peak #99, 2013girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,427151#2051,722
2024#1,575134#1931,865
2023#1,645126#1802,022
2022#1,621130#1882,014
2021#1,680123#1762,205
2020#1,559135#1672,311
2019#1,816112#1592,459
2018#1,640129#1522,562
2017#1,580138#1482,671
2016#1,472156#1243,344
2015#1,580138#1043,771
2014#1,774116#1013,895
2013#1,713121#993,897
2012#1,791114#1562,600
2011#1,679125#1602,411
2010#1,738120#1802,105
2009#1,353176#1941,959
2008#1,495156#2031,936
2007#1,480157#2181,748
2006#1,424159#2221,621
2005#1,533134#2351,463
2004#1,329160#2331,446
2003#1,625118#2541,294
2002#1,510125#2871,039
2001#1,540120#312889
2000#2,45762#361731
1999#2,03876#438526
1998#2,46156#523396
1997#3,22436#605292
1996#2,79643#684237
1995#4,21724#729215
1994#4,68721#804174
1993#4,10025#757190
1992#4,52822#876145
1991#4,65021#962123
1990#5,54916#949119
1989#8,7618#1,024101
1988#6,27712#1,07685
1987#7,9878#1,07779
1986#4,53917#1,24260
1985#5,34813#1,30454
1984#9,1446#1,50741
1983#5,82411#2,08525
1982#5,91111#2,11125
1981#9,1106#2,49619
1980#5,54412#2,61718
1979—#2,56818
1978#8,5626#2,66916
1977#8,4446#4,1648
1976#8,1566#3,26411
1975#9,0675#4,3097
1974—#2,79913
1973—#3,6948
1972#7,2926#3,6228
1971#8,3245#3,9637
1970—#3,8367
1969#7,4715#3,5957
1968—#2,31113
1967—#3,9665
1966——
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1964—#2,8549
1963#6,5925#4,0485
1962—#2,50411
1961—#4,0655
1960—#4,0385
1959—#3,9885
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1957—#3,9935
1956—#3,9425
1955—#3,2017
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1951—#3,7145
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1948—#3,6685
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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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #138 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 379 boysAKMaine: #82 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 251 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Camden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 187 boysNHWashington: #165 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 671 boysWAIdaho: #147 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 494 boysIDMontana: #91 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 279 boysMTNorth Dakota: #79 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 253 boysNDMinnesota: #144 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 531 boysMNIllinois: #120 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 512 boysILWisconsin: #120 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 433 boysWIMichigan: #112 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 422 boysMINew York: #205 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 929 boysNYMassachusetts: #113 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 443 boysMARhode Island: #160 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 507 boysRIOregon: #182 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 695 boysORNevada: #210 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 771 boysNVWyoming: #80 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 219 boysWYSouth Dakota: #118 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 358 boysSDIowa: #99 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 346 boysIAIndiana: #109 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 415 boysINOhio: #120 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 467 boysOHPennsylvania: #174 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 766 boysPANew Jersey: #452 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,724 boysNJConnecticut: #145 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 562 boysCTCalifornia: #290 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 1,419 boysCAUtah: #135 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 484 boysUTColorado: #120 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 448 boysCONebraska: #135 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 444 boysNEMissouri: #132 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 471 boysMOKentucky: #113 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 442 boysKYWest Virginia: #147 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 500 boysWVVirginia: #109 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 420 boysVAMaryland: #70 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 295 boysMDDelaware: #157 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 492 boysDEArizona: #220 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 866 boysAZNew Mexico: #186 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 675 boysNMKansas: #114 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 396 boysKSArkansas: #147 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 508 boysARTennessee: #106 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 427 boysTNNorth Carolina: #110 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 450 boysNCSouth Carolina: #98 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 404 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #235 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 867 boysDCOklahoma: #126 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 460 boysOKLouisiana: #152 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 568 boysLAMississippi: #137 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 513 boysMSAlabama: #125 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 487 boysALGeorgia: #118 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 493 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Camden, so not publishedHITexas: #216 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 937 boysTXFlorida: #155 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 658 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#63 · 1 in 187
  2. Maryland#70 · 1 in 295
  3. North Dakota#79 · 1 in 253
  4. Wyoming#80 · 1 in 219
  5. Maine#82 · 1 in 251

Best ever in a state: #29 in Wyoming, 2015.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#63231 in 187
Maryland#70901 in 295
North Dakota#79161 in 253
Wyoming#8071 in 219
Maine#82171 in 251
Montana#91131 in 279
South Carolina#98521 in 404
Iowa#99431 in 346
Tennessee#106851 in 427
Indiana#109831 in 415
Virginia#109971 in 420
North Carolina#1101141 in 450
Michigan#1121101 in 422
Kentucky#113491 in 442
Massachusetts#113651 in 443
Kansas#114381 in 396
Georgia#1181091 in 493
South Dakota#118111 in 358
Colorado#120591 in 448
Illinois#1201211 in 512
Ohio#1201251 in 467
Wisconsin#120601 in 433
Alabama#125471 in 487
Oklahoma#126421 in 460
Missouri#132651 in 471
Nebraska#135221 in 444
Utah#135421 in 484
Mississippi#137261 in 513
Alaska#13881 in 379
Minnesota#144511 in 531
Connecticut#145251 in 562
Arkansas#147271 in 508
Idaho#147161 in 494
West Virginia#147151 in 500
Louisiana#152421 in 568
Florida#1551471 in 658
Delaware#15771 in 492
Rhode Island#16071 in 507
Washington#165531 in 671
Pennsylvania#174761 in 766
Oregon#182251 in 695
New Mexico#186121 in 675
New York#2051051 in 929
Nevada#210171 in 771
Texas#2161881 in 937
Arizona#220401 in 866
District of Columbia#23551 in 867
California#2901521 in 1,419
New Jersey#452151 in 2,724
Hawaii———
Vermont———

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
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#193 → #205)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#167 → #205)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#104 → #205)
  • Biggest jump: 119 spots in 1993 (#876 → #757)
  • Biggest drop: 47 spots in 1994 (#757 → #804)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,728 (1918)#3,777
1920s33#3,385 (1926)#4,053
1930s9#2,479 (1937)#2,479
1940s25#2,712 (1942)#3,236
1950s33#3,201 (1955)#3,702
1960s60#2,311 (1968)#3,423
1970s103#2,568 (1979)#3,489
1980s507#1,024 (1989)#1,654
1990s2,417#438 (1999)#733
2000s14,126#194 (2009)#252
2010s29,715#99 (2013)#138
2020s12,139#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.

Camden in 2017

girls
#1,580
138 births · 1 in 12,511 girls
boys
#148
2,671 births · 1 in 693 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,580Camden138

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #148Camden2,671
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 12,511 of them was named Camden, which outranked 91.4% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Camden
  1. #1,572Kenzi139
  2. #1,572Marielle139
  3. #1,572Miyah139
  4. #1,580Camden138
  5. #1,580Britney138
  6. #1,580Brynnlee138
  7. #1,580Elisha138
  8. #1,591Aracely137
  9. #1,591Austin137
  10. #1,591Chiara137

Tied with 10 names at #1,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 693 of them was named Camden, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Camden
  1. #145Abel2,714
  2. #146Calvin2,703
  3. #147King2,696
  4. #148Camden2,671
  5. #149Blake2,626
  6. #150Amir2,619
  7. #151Alex2,606
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →