Cameo

Where Cameo comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cameo.

  • Vowel-ended
Cameo through the years
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #5,377 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Peak, #1,936
    55 babies named Cameo, its best rank.
  3. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,822.
  4. 2017
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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