Kameron
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAM-er-on
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #466 for boys
Kameron is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “crooked nose”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 466th for boys in the US (663 babies).
What does Kameron mean?
Scottish: spelling of Cameron; Scottish clan surname from Gaelic cam shron
“crooked nose”
Originally the surname of Clan Cameron, a Highland clan from Lochaber.
Meaning borrowed from Cameron. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kameron a girl's or a boy's name?
Kameron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 663 boys in the US.
How popular is Kameron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Kameron, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 57 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kameron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 334 boys in the UK were given Kameron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #186, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Cameron 329
- Kameron 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Kameron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,030 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 50 | #631 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 57 | #504 |
| 2003 | 54 | #499 |
| 2002 | 51 | #481 |
| 2001 | 55 | #444 |
| 2000 | 53 | #450 |
| 1999 | 52 | #466 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Kameron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 663about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 663 boys in the US were named Kameron, making it the 466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 299th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 1,506 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 34 girls were also named Kameron in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Kameron than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Kameron in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,042 boys in the US were given Kameron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #466 for this spelling alone.
In 1969, 66% of the babies named Kameron in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 5%, with more boys than girls since 1975.
Kameron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 663 | #466 |
| 2024 | 738 | #430 |
| 2023 | 815 | #391 |
| 2022 | 792 | #404 |
| 2021 | 949 | #344 |
| 2020 | 1,119 | #299 |
| 2019 | 1,178 | #293 |
| 2018 | 1,172 | #298 |
| 2017 | 1,330 | #273 |
| 2016 | 1,454 | #250 |
| 2015 | 1,506 | #245 |
| 2014 | 1,295 | #278 |
| 2013 | 1,223 | #283 |
| 2012 | 1,273 | #274 |
| 2011 | 1,295 | #269 |
| 2010 | 1,255 | #275 |
| 2009 | 1,255 | #274 |
| 2008 | 1,287 | #270 |
| 2007 | 1,336 | #260 |
| 2006 | 1,226 | #284 |
| 2005 | 1,176 | #282 |
| 2004 | 1,154 | #276 |
| 2003 | 1,110 | #281 |
| 2002 | 1,233 | #260 |
| 2001 | 1,237 | #265 |
| 2000 | 1,225 | #266 |
| 1999 | 1,205 | #259 |
| 1998 | 1,072 | #268 |
| 1997 | 772 | #337 |
| 1996 | 719 | #344 |
| 1995 | 630 | #377 |
| 1994 | 553 | #415 |
| 1993 | 575 | #401 |
| 1992 | 578 | #398 |
| 1991 | 511 | #436 |
| 1990 | 455 | #461 |
| 1989 | 375 | #492 |
| 1988 | 285 | #545 |
| 1987 | 160 | #724 |
| 1986 | 86 | #994 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 81 | #986 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 48 | #1,340 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
Nicknames for Kameron
- Cam 131 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Kameron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kian Dylan Logan Brody Aiden Kayden Ryan Finn Declan Ronan Ethan Aaron
Other spellings of Kameron
Names related to Kameron
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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, “Kameron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kameron, updated 20 October 2026.