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Cameron

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9% girls / 91% boys

Origin of the name

Cameron was first the name of a Scottish clan.

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Comeback name

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Cameron peaked in 2000, when 1 baby in 296 was given the name. After a low point around 1899, parents rediscovered it: about 4,870 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 76. 31% of all babies named Cameron since 1880 were born in the 2000s.
312,661births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 31rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Cameron are born

2000

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The darker the blue, the more common Cameron is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Cameron is most common in New Hampshire (2.1 times), Nevada (1.8) and Utah (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s2%98%
1920s2%98%
1930s1%99%
1940s17%83%
1950s12%88%
1960s11%89%
1970s10%90%
1980s8%92%
1990s8%92%
2000s11%89%
2010s8%92%
2020s11%89%