Cameo
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KAM-ee-oh
- Origin
- English
Cameo is a name of English origin, meaning “carved relief gem”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cameo mean?
English: English word, from Italian cammeo
“carved relief gem”
From the English word for a small carved gem or a brief guest appearance in a film or play.
Is Cameo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cameo has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Cameo in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Cameo in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 88% of the babies named Cameo in the US were girls.
Cameo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,005 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,020 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
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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, “Cameo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cameo, updated 20 October 2026.