How common is the name Cameron?

280,514 people in the United States have the first name Cameron, about 1 in 1,077. It ranks #189 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAMERON

#189

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
280,514
About
1 in 1,077
This common or more
40.6%
Who bears it

Of the 280,514 people named Cameron, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Black and 7% as two or more races. 90.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cameron peaked in 2000, when 14,363 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
14,363
In 2025*
4,962 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 344,896 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Cameron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #54. The largest share of babies named Cameron, 48.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,03030
1890s#2,49834
1900s#2,69249
1910s#2,172281
1920s#1,888540
1930s#2,077393
1940s#1,658728
1950s#1,1462,066
1960s#8524,103
1970s#5258,973
1980s#22226,721
1990s#7787,799
2000s#54107,805
2010s#7172,174
2020s#9033,200
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9622.3%
Generation Z 1997–1248.8%
2013 and later23.6%

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 Cameron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cameron has been most common in New Hampshire (2×), Nevada (1.9×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.54×).

338,913 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 Cameron

#187 Judy · 281,131#188 Allison · 280,746#190 Helen · 280,357#191 Shawn · 279,685

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,289 Camryn · 28,532#2,131 Camron · 12,532#3,694 Camren · 5,502#5,467 Cameryn · 3,137#7,899 Cameran · 1,875#10,236 Cameren · 1,312#11,745 Camrin · 1,079#14,606 Camerino · 804

Also a last name

As a last name, Cameron ranks #625 of 156,621, with 52,870 people. See Cameron as a last name

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