How rare is the name Campbell?

10,224 people in the United States have the first name Campbell, about 1 in 29,541. It ranks #2,428 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAMPBELL

#2,428

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,224
About
1 in 29,541
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,224 people named Campbell, 89.2% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 57% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Campbell peaked in 2025, when 811 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
811
In 2025*
811
Recorded as
used for both

At least 13,514 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Campbell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,159. The largest share of babies named Campbell, 47%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,27720
1890s#2,96218
1900s#3,75917
1910s#3,194152
1920s#3,606190
1930s#4,84895
1940s#4,359131
1950s#5,675106
1960s#6,75693
1970s#8,73791
1980s#9,558108
1990s#2,879890
2000s#1,1594,521
2010s#1,3114,132
2020s#1,1862,950
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1247%
2013 and later41.9%

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 Campbell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Campbell has been most common in Tennessee (3.1×), South Carolina (3×), and Virginia (2.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.17×).

9,286 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 Campbell

#2,426 Noor · 10,240#2,427 Major · 10,232#2,429 Tamia · 10,222#2,430 Josefa · 10,221

Spelled almost the same

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

#26,290 Cambell · 355#41,400 Cambelle · 177

Also a last name

As a last name, Campbell ranks #48 of 156,621, with 370,555 people. See Campbell as a last name

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