Kamen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-men
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kamen is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “stone”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kamen mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian, from kamen 'stone'
“stone”
From the Bulgarian word for stone, the same idea as Peter, from Greek petros.
Is Kamen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kamen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2001. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kamen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Kamen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kamen, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Kamen in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Kamen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Aiden Kian Hamza Ronan Hassan Dylan Owen Jayden Declan Usman Khalid
Names related to Kamen
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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, “Kamen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamen, updated 20 October 2026.