Kam
Boy · KAM
Kam is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Kam mean?
Short form of names like Kameron or Kamden
Usually a short form of names such as Kameron, Kamden or Kamari.
- Say it
- KAM
Is Kam a girl's or a boy's name?
Kam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Kam, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kam than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kam in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 boys in the US were given Kam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #3,449 for this spelling alone.
- Cam 131
- Kam 33
In 1968, 84% of the babies named Kam in the US were girls. By 1978 it was 48%, with more boys than girls since 1978.
Kam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Kam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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