Campbell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAM-bel
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,337 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #617 for girls
Big in Scotland
Campbell is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “crooked mouth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 617th for girls in the US (474 babies).
What does Campbell mean?
Scottish: Scottish clan surname from Gaelic caimbeul
“crooked mouth”
The surname of Clan Campbell, whose chiefs hold the title Duke of Argyll.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Campbell a girl's or a boy's name?
Campbell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 474 girls and 337 boys in the US.
How popular is Campbell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Campbell, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 66 boys.
Half of all the boys named Campbell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 333rd in Scotland.
Campbell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 44 | #829 |
| 2016 | 44 | #806 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,005 |
| 2014 | 39 | #860 |
| 2013 | 52 | #708 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 45 | #773 |
| 2010 | 51 | #692 |
| 2009 | 63 | #583 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 57 | #597 |
| 2006 | 50 | #631 |
| 2005 | 66 | #481 |
| 2004 | 59 | #494 |
| 2003 | 45 | #571 |
| 2002 | 46 | #522 |
| 2001 | 40 | #550 |
| 2000 | 45 | #501 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 37 | #557 |
| 1997 | 47 | #466 |
| 1996 | 45 | #462 |
How popular is Campbell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #617among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 474about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 474 girls in the US were named Campbell, making it the 617th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,189th. It first appears in the records in 1989. 337 boys were also named Campbell in 2025 (763rd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Campbell of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Campbell in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 489 girls in the US were given Campbell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #602, up from #617 for this spelling alone.
- Campbell 474
- Kampbell 15
In 1991, 29% of the babies named Campbell in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 58%, with more girls than boys since 2023.
Campbell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 474 | #617 |
| 2024 | 273 | #955 |
| 2023 | 216 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 198 | #1,220 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 195 | #1,189 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,233 |
| 2018 | 200 | #1,192 |
| 2017 | 223 | #1,124 |
| 2016 | 226 | #1,118 |
| 2015 | 225 | #1,131 |
| 2014 | 238 | #1,074 |
| 2013 | 280 | #912 |
| 2012 | 304 | #876 |
| 2011 | 276 | #934 |
| 2010 | 360 | #757 |
| 2009 | 396 | #733 |
| 2008 | 387 | #760 |
| 2007 | 392 | #743 |
| 2006 | 435 | #663 |
| 2005 | 389 | #703 |
| 2004 | 318 | #797 |
| 2003 | 260 | #914 |
| 2002 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2001 | 135 | #1,402 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Campbell
- Cam 131 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Campbell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxwell Cameron Cooper Callum Samuel Carter Logan Carson Ethan Owen Finley Luca
Other spellings of Campbell
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Bonnie Paisley Brody Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan Reid Lachlan Mackenzie
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, “Campbell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/campbell, updated 20 October 2026.