How rare is the name Camryn?

28,532 people in the United States have the first name Camryn, about 1 in 10,586. It ranks #1,289 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAMRYN

#1,289

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,532
About
1 in 10,586
This common or more
73.4%
Who bears it

Of the 28,532 people named Camryn, 67.6% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Black and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Camryn peaked in 1999, when 2,164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
2,164
In 2025*
707 ▼67%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 35,657 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Camryn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #427. The largest share of babies named Camryn, 65.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#19,64012
1980s#11,00886
1990s#1,1263,847
2000s#42716,273
2010s#62310,642
2020s#8014,797
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–1265.7%
2013 and later32.4%

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 Camryn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Camryn has been most common in Maryland (1.9×), Nevada (1.6×), and Louisiana (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.24×).

32,917 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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