Cambria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAM-bree-uh
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #1,990 for girls
Cambria is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “Wales”. In 2025 it ranked 1,990th for girls in the US (96 babies).
What does Cambria mean?
Welsh: Latin name for Wales, from Welsh Cymry
“Wales”
The medieval Latin name for Wales, formed from Cymry, the Welsh people's name for themselves.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cambria a girl's or a boy's name?
Cambria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cambria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were named Cambria, making it the 1,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,262nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 275 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Cambria than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Cambria in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were given Cambria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,580, up from #1,990 for this spelling alone.
- Cambria 96
- Kambria 15
Cambria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,990 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2022 | 162 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 186 | #1,258 |
| 2020 | 179 | #1,262 |
| 2019 | 183 | #1,267 |
| 2018 | 207 | #1,162 |
| 2017 | 232 | #1,091 |
| 2016 | 230 | #1,108 |
| 2015 | 262 | #1,018 |
| 2014 | 263 | #1,001 |
| 2013 | 247 | #1,008 |
| 2012 | 275 | #932 |
| 2011 | 273 | #945 |
| 2010 | 241 | #1,035 |
| 2009 | 265 | #998 |
| 2008 | 254 | #1,030 |
| 2007 | 202 | #1,230 |
| 2006 | 154 | #1,449 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,598 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,458 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 114 | #1,623 |
| 2001 | 121 | #1,532 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,965 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,537 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,097 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 60 | #2,215 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
Nicknames for Cambria
- Cam 131 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Cambria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Camila Sophia Alia Talia Mia Alessia Nia Alivia Ximena Malia Lucia
Other spellings of Cambria
Names related to Cambria
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Cambria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cambria, updated 20 October 2026.