Cameron

#487 for girls in 2025, 614 births · #76 for boys in 2025, 4,348 births
Given to boys 90.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 12,767 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
39 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
312,661
since 1882

Cameron over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #176, 1999peak #31, 2000girlsboys
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.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#487614#764,348
2024#486630#664,834
2023#478640#585,089
2022#516605#644,968
2021#468668#625,126
2020#490622#655,056
2019#542565#675,255
2018#504617#695,313
2017#536577#605,975
2016#529588#576,861
2015#532586#566,760
2014#579526#537,069
2013#567511#596,871
2012#553535#547,376
2011#441707#537,527
2010#417756#607,199
2009#357907#587,638
2008#3201,052#538,305
2007#3091,101#508,986
2006#2911,134#528,856
2005#2631,242#528,574
2004#2521,278#508,887
2003#2951,042#409,965
2002#2571,236#3910,339
2001#2411,319#3511,581
2000#2011,596#3112,767
1999#1761,781#3312,435
1998#1981,565#3511,416
1997#337851#458,219
1996#516457#497,388
1995#569405#497,030
1994#631348#526,838
1993#665330#547,092
1992#697310#537,356
1991#702303#626,697
1990#675318#626,660
1989#729271#645,593
1988#650301#694,985
1987#707258#963,159
1986#856193#1352,047
1985#816200#1541,792
1984#744219#1641,641
1983#937158#1771,447
1982#804200#1781,465
1981#882173#1891,327
1980#986150#2161,142
1979#1,030136#2111,125
1978#1,031132#2061,075
1977#1,191103#2191,010
1976#1,17297#2041,071
1975#1,25290#2091,027
1974#1,20991#286651
1973#1,26682#332513
1972#1,33775#324555
1971#1,54663#360501
1970#1,43072#363504
1969#1,22683#360483
1968#1,29173#381420
1967#1,46058#417335
1966#2,24928#428318
1965#2,20429#428324
1964#1,97536#458300
1963#1,75443#416372
1962#1,88937#355494
1961#1,95535#453321
1960#2,09730#470284
1959#2,02131#496251
1958#2,44922#482262
1957#1,86934#461278
1956#2,15126#501229
1955#1,80334#550179
1954#2,29522#555173
1953#2,43119#619137
1952#2,12623#653112
1951#2,06423#697101
1950#2,05322#73188
1949#3,17611#70295
1948#2,32918#79474
1947#2,27919#77179
1946#2,22818#84261
1945#2,59812#77563
1944#2,62512#90649
1943#3,2499#87558
1942#2,41614#92851
1941#3,2528#96044
1940—#1,15633
1939—#94244
1938—#1,36424
1937—#1,01639
1936#4,1815#1,01039
1935—#1,09835
1934—#98242
1933—#1,15932
1932—#1,02542
1931—#99744
1930—#99047
1929—#1,05542
1928—#1,12539
1927—#1,08043
1926—#78369
1925—#1,16437
1924#5,0615#96053
1923—#93054
1922—#94155
1921—#89061
1920#4,9755#74477
1919—#1,35128
1918—#1,06241
1917—#1,00342
1916—#93946
1915—#1,08235
1914#3,6185#1,10127
1913—#1,80310
1912—#91824
1911—#85615
1910—#1,1938
1909—#1,2776
1908—#1,0218
1907—#9998
1906—#1,0047
1905—#1,2335
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1900—#9029
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1895—#8727
1894—#1,0745
1893—#1,0355
1892—#1,0665
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1890—#9945
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1888—#9176
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1885—#9365
1884—#7647
1883—#7996
1882—#8376
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Cameron! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cameron is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #182 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,287 boysNDMinnesota: #339 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,787 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedILWisconsin: #291 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,317 boysWIMichigan: #433 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,392 boysMINew York: #564 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 17,003 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedSDIowa: #331 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,158 boysIAIndiana: #439 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,495 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #592 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 24,106 boysPANew Jersey: #405 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,231 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #359 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 5,297 boysCAUtah: #271 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,274 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedWVVirginia: #435 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,301 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedDEArizona: #315 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,589 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cameron, so not publishedHITexas: #980 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 24,233 boysTXFlorida: #412 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,848 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#182 · 1 in 1,287
  2. Utah#271 · 1 in 2,274
  3. Wisconsin#291 · 1 in 6,317
  4. Arizona#315 · 1 in 2,589
  5. Iowa#331 · 1 in 6,158

Best ever in a state: #5 in Maine, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#18261 in 1,287
Utah#27151 in 2,274
Wisconsin#29171 in 6,317
Arizona#31551 in 2,589
Iowa#33151 in 6,158
Minnesota#33951 in 7,787
California#359291 in 5,297
New Jersey#40551 in 11,231
Florida#41271 in 5,848
Michigan#43391 in 10,392
Virginia#43561 in 7,301
Indiana#43951 in 10,495
New York#564101 in 17,003
Pennsylvania#59251 in 24,106
Texas#98051 in 24,233
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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 Cameron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#66 → #76)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#65 → #76)
  • 20 spots since 2015 (#56 → #76)
  • Biggest jump: 607 spots in 1920 (#1,351 → #744)
  • Biggest drop: 885 spots in 1913 (#918 → #1,803)
Rise & fade · boys
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2000 at #31 (12,767 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1987–2025
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1941–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 154
  • Highest: 1 in 154 boys born in 2000 were named Cameron (0.65%)
  • Latest: 1 in 393 boys born in 2025 (0.25%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.7% of all boys named Cameron (95,898) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#764 (1884)#851
1890s34#872 (1895)#990
1900s49#902 (1900)#1,064
1910s276#856 (1911)#1,131
1920s530#744 (1920)#967
1930s388#942 (1939)#1,058
1940s607#702 (1949)#871
1950s1,810#461 (1957)#575
1960s3,651#355 (1962)#417
1970s8,032#204 (1976)#271
1980s24,598#64 (1989)#144
1990s81,131#33 (1999)#49
2000s95,898#31 (2000)#46
2010s66,206#53 (2011)#59
2020s29,421#58 (2023)#65

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.

Cameron in 1954

girls
#2,295
22 births · 1 in 88,269 girls
boys
#555
173 births · 1 in 11,785 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,295Cameron22

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #555Cameron173
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 88,269 of them was named Cameron, which outranked 65.4% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cameron
  1. #2,240Wendell23
  2. #2,240Windy23
  3. #2,240Zena23
  4. #2,295Cameron22
  5. #2,295Aleda22
  6. #2,295Allen22
  7. #2,295Alyse22
  8. #2,378Alissa21
  9. #2,378Almeta21
  10. #2,378Alpha21

Tied with 82 names at #2,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 11,785 of them was named Cameron, which outranked 87.3% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cameron
  1. #551Odell175
  2. #553Hank174
  3. #553Roman174
  4. #555Cameron173
  5. #555Fredric173
  6. #557Ulysses172
  7. #558Ian171
  8. #558Tomas171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →