How rare is the name Cami?

5,621 people in the United States have the first name Cami, about 1 in 53,733. It ranks #3,633 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAMI

#3,633

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,621
About
1 in 53,733
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,621 people named Cami, 83.7% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cami peaked in 1967, when 351 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
1967
Births that year
351
In 2025*
34 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,671 babies have been given the name since 1955. 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.

Cami by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,862. The largest share of babies named Cami, 31.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1950s#7,17367
1960s#1,862942
1970s#2,002964
1980s#2,181999
1990s#2,826921
2000s#3,506929
2010s#5,178567
2020s#5,869282
Baby boom 1946–644.6%
Generation X 1965–8031.7%
Millennials 1981–9627.2%
Generation Z 1997–1225.4%
2013 and later11.1%

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 Cami is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cami has been most common in Utah (26×), Idaho (5.8×), and Washington (3.6×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

2,291 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 Cami

#3,631 Thai · 5,623#3,632 Andrzej · 5,622#3,634 Jordy · 5,620#3,634 Kristan · 5,620

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,238 Cam · 6,632#9,402 Camie · 1,478#16,628 Cammi · 675#21,612 Camia · 468#25,331 Camy · 375

Also a last name

As a last name, Cami ranks #79,118 of 156,621, with 260 people. See Cami as a last name

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