Cam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAM
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,393 for boys
Cam is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “crooked”. In 2025 it ranked 1,393rd for boys in the US (131 babies).
What does Cam mean?
Scottish: short form of Cameron or Campbell
“crooked”
Short for Cameron or Campbell, Scottish clan names that both begin with Gaelic cam, 'crooked'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cam a girl's or a boy's name?
Cam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 131 boys in the US.
How popular is Cam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,393rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 131 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 131 boys in the US were named Cam, making it the 1,393rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,707th. It first appears in the records in 1892. 8 girls were also named Cam in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Cam of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Cam in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 boys in the US were given Cam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #1,393 for this spelling alone.
- Cam 131
- Kam 33
Girls were 35% of the babies named Cam in the US in 1954, and 6% in 2025.
Cam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,393 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,423 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,420 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,479 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,489 |
| 2020 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 76 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 2015 | 96 | #1,646 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,575 |
| 2011 | 83 | #1,754 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
Names like Cam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Carson, Knox, Graham, Callum, Jett, Jace, Nash, Ace, Rhett, Tate, Miles, Asher
Other spellings of Cam
Names related to Cam
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Dallas, Lochlan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cam, updated 20 October 2026.