How rare is the name Camden?

47,078 people in the United States have the first name Camden, about 1 in 6,416. It ranks #944 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAMDEN

#944

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,078
About
1 in 6,416
This common or more
69.2%
Who bears it

Of the 47,078 people named Camden, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as two or more races and 6% as Black. 93.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Camden peaked in 2013, when 4,018 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
4,018
In 2025*
1,873 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 63,101 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Camden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #226. The largest share of babies named Camden, 57.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#9,75211
1920s#8,77433
1930s#10,9299
1940s#8,74825
1950s#9,30533
1960s#7,75970
1970s#6,818137
1980s#2,978611
1990s#1,3852,757
2000s#44215,493
2010s#22630,984
2020s#31712,938
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–1238.6%
2013 and later57.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Camden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Camden has been most common in New Hampshire (2.9×), Utah (2.2×), and Maryland (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.08×).

59,720 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Camden

#942 Ty · 47,425#943 Jimmie · 47,100#945 Tatiana · 47,073#946 Hayley · 47,063

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Camden, most common first.

#3,988 Camdyn · 4,883#12,537 Camdon · 990#24,850 Canden · 385#28,814 Camdin · 310

Also a last name

As a last name, Camden ranks #10,014 of 156,621, with 3,073 people. See Camden as a last name

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