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Cameron

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAM-er-on
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#176 for boys
US rank, 2025
#76 for boys

Big in Scotland

Cameron is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “crooked nose”. In 2025 it ranked 176th for boys in the UK (329 babies) and 76th for boys in the US (4,348 babies).

What does Cameron mean?

Scottish: Scottish clan surname from Gaelic cam shron

“crooked nose”

Originally the surname of Clan Cameron, a Highland clan from Lochaber.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Cameron a girl's or a boy's name?

Cameron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 329 boys in the UK and 614 girls and 4,348 boys in the US.

How popular is Cameron in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#176among boys
Babies in 2025
329about 1 in 910 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 329 boys in the UK were named Cameron, making it the 176th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 161st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 3,978 boys. 15 girls were also named Cameron in 2025 (1,961st for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Cameron since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Cameron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 216th in England and Wales, 48th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#65) and 2004 (#29).

1996Busiest: 3,978 in 19992025
Cameron in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025329#176
2024356#162
2023400#151
2022415#148
2021427#149
2020378#161
2019411#156
2018490#131
2017585#122
2016565#124
2015694#105
2014793#91
2013922#76
20121,153#68
20111,195#63
20101,564#52
20091,824#51
20082,038#42
20072,419#29
20062,600#28
20052,672#31
20043,193#25
20033,695#19
20023,458#22
20013,614#21
20003,818#22
19993,978#23
19983,371#26
19972,802#34
19962,290#38

How popular is Cameron in the US?

Rank in 2025
#76among boys
Babies in 2025
4,348about 1 in 390 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 9% in five years
Same name in a class
3.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4,348 boys in the US were named Cameron, making it the 76th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 65th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12,767 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 614 girls were also named Cameron in 2025 (487th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Cameron than any year since 1987.

Half of all the boys named Cameron in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,042 boys in the US were given Cameron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #76 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 12% of the babies named Cameron in the US were girls.

1882Busiest: 12,767 in 20002025
Cameron in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254,348#76
20244,834#66
20235,089#58
20224,968#64
20215,126#62
20205,056#65
20195,255#67
20185,313#69
20175,975#60
20166,861#57
20156,760#56
20147,069#53
20136,871#59
20127,376#54
20117,527#53
20107,199#60
20097,638#58
20088,305#53
20078,986#50
20068,856#52
20058,574#52
20048,887#50
20039,965#40
200210,339#39
200111,581#35
200012,767#31
199912,435#33
199811,416#35
19978,219#45
19967,388#49
19957,030#49
19946,838#52
19937,092#54
19927,356#53
19916,697#62
19906,660#62
19895,593#64
19884,985#69
19873,159#96
19862,047#135
19851,792#154
19841,641#164
19831,447#177
19821,465#178
19811,327#189
19801,142#216
19791,125#211
19781,075#206
19771,010#219
19761,071#204
19751,027#209
1974651#286
1973513#332
1972555#324
1971501#360
1970504#363
1969483#360
1968420#381
1967335#417
1966318#428
1965324#428
1964300#458
1963372#416
1962494#355
1961321#453
1960284#470
1959251#496
1958262#481
1957278#460
1956229#500
1955179#549
1954173#554
1953137#618
1952112#652
1951101#696
195088#730
194995#701
194874#793
194779#770
194661#842
194563#775
194449#906
194358#875
194251#928
194144#960
194033#1,156
193944#942
193824#1,364
193739#1,016
193639#1,010
193535#1,098
193442#982
193332#1,159
193242#1,025
193144#997
193047#990
192942#1,055
192839#1,125
192743#1,080
192669#783
192537#1,164
192453#960
192354#930
192255#941
192161#890
192077#744
191928#1,351
191841#1,062
191742#1,003
191646#939
191535#1,082
191427#1,101
191310#1,802
191224#918
191115#855
19108#1,192
19096#1,277
19088#1,021
19078#998
19067#1,003
19055#1,232
19040–
19030–
19026#1,012
19010–
19009#901
18990–
18980–
18970–
18967#899
18957#871
18945#1,073
18935#1,034
18925#1,065
18910–
18905#994
18890–
18886#917
18870–
18860–
18855#935
18847#764
18836#798
18826#836

Nicknames for Cameron

Names like Cameron

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aaron Ryan Nathan Dylan Joshua Benjamin Owen Luke Ethan Elliot Connor Matthew

Other spellings of Cameron

Kameron Kameryn Cameryn Cameran Cameren

Names related to Cameron

Camron Camren Camran Cam'Ron Camaron Camryn Camarion Camrynn

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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, “Cameron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cameron, updated 20 October 2026.