Camden
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KAM-den
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #205 for boys
Camden is a name of English origin, meaning “valley with enclosures”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 205th for boys in the US (1,722 babies).
What does Camden mean?
English: English surname from the Gloucestershire place name Campden
“valley with enclosures”
Camden Town in London is named after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, an 18th-century Lord Chancellor.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Camden a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Camden has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 151 girls and 1,722 boys in the US.
How popular is Camden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Camden, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Camden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 17% of the babies named Camden in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Camden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 39 | #860 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Camden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 205th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,722 about 1 in 990 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,722 boys in the US were named Camden, making it the 205th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 167th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 3,897 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 151 girls were also named Camden in 2025 (1,427th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Camden than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Camden in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,313 boys in the US were given Camden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #177, up from #205 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 40% of the babies named Camden in the US in 1980, and 8% in 2025.
Camden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,722 | #205 |
| 2024 | 1,865 | #193 |
| 2023 | 2,022 | #180 |
| 2022 | 2,014 | #188 |
| 2021 | 2,205 | #176 |
| 2020 | 2,311 | #167 |
| 2019 | 2,459 | #159 |
| 2018 | 2,562 | #152 |
| 2017 | 2,671 | #148 |
| 2016 | 3,344 | #124 |
| 2015 | 3,771 | #104 |
| 2014 | 3,895 | #101 |
| 2013 | 3,897 | #99 |
| 2012 | 2,600 | #156 |
| 2011 | 2,411 | #160 |
| 2010 | 2,105 | #180 |
| 2009 | 1,959 | #194 |
| 2008 | 1,936 | #203 |
| 2007 | 1,748 | #218 |
| 2006 | 1,621 | #222 |
| 2005 | 1,463 | #235 |
| 2004 | 1,446 | #233 |
| 2003 | 1,294 | #254 |
| 2002 | 1,039 | #287 |
| 2001 | 889 | #312 |
| 2000 | 731 | #361 |
| 1999 | 526 | #438 |
| 1998 | 396 | #523 |
| 1997 | 292 | #605 |
| 1996 | 237 | #683 |
| 1995 | 215 | #726 |
| 1994 | 174 | #802 |
| 1993 | 190 | #755 |
| 1992 | 145 | #873 |
| 1991 | 123 | #957 |
| 1990 | 119 | #945 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,021 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,074 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,076 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,241 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Camden
- Cam 131 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Camden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Brody, Ronan, Caelan, Rowan, Kian, Conan, Callan, Eden, Brayden
Other spellings of Camden
Names related to Camden
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Camden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camden, updated 20 October 2026.