Cameo
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 87.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,501since 1957
Cameo over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #2,010 | 68 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,009 | 52 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
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| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cameo! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cameo is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,556 · 1 in 19,300
Best ever in a state: #517 in Minnesota, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,556 | 9 | 1 in 19,300 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Cameo
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1980 at #1,936 (55 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,117 girls born in 1992 were named Cameo (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 269,425 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,936 in 1980, was only 1 in 30,187 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.4% of all girls named Cameo (502) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,377 (1957) | #5,811 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,630 (1968) | #4,285 |
| 1970s | 279 | #2,020 (1979) | #3,062 |
| 1980s | 502 | #1,936 (1980) | #2,122 |
| 1990s | 420 | #2,010 (1992) | #3,007 |
| 2000s | 134 | #4,185 (2000) | #9,508 |
| 2010s | 54 | #8,966 (2014) | #14,071 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,453 (2020) | #13,453 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cameo in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 30,187 of them was named Cameo, which outranked 84.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,904Takiyah56
- #1,904Vanesa56
- #1,904Verna56
- #1,936Cameo55
- #1,936Aleta55
- #1,936Aretha55
- #1,936Bria55
- #1,964Chevon54
- #1,964Christinia54
- #1,964Claudine54
Tied with 27 names at #1,936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 127,425 of them was named Cameo, which outranked 57.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,965Yechiel15
- #2,965Ysidro15
- #2,965Zachry15
- #3,098Cameo14
- #3,098Alison14
- #3,098Allie14
- #3,098Antionne14
- #3,256Able13
- #3,256Akram13
- #3,256Aleem13
Tied with 157 names at #3,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.