NameTides

Cameron

Cameron was the #76 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,348 babies), and #216 in England & Wales and #123 in Canada.

Cameron as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Cameron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Cameron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#76 (4,348)#216 (231)#48 (92)#270 (6)#223 (21)#123 (250)——
2024#66 (4,834)#216 (228)#33 (117)#187 (11)#158 (32)#117 (264)——
2023#58 (5,089)#186 (270)#34 (120)#200 (10)#155 (35)#112 (279)——
2022#64 (4,968)#199 (259)#28 (145)#192 (11)#184 (28)#108 (294)——
2021#62 (5,126)#194 (284)#32 (136)#266 (7)#168 (32)#112 (314)——
2020#65 (5,056)#198 (262)#48 (104)#180 (12)#174 (30)#107 (312)——
2019#67 (5,255)#197 (260)#37 (140)#197 (11)#183 (30)#124 (295)——
2018#69 (5,313)#177 (299)#28 (175)#151 (16)#168 (34)#90 (385)——
2017#60 (5,975)#157 (369)#23 (205)#194 (11)#145 (42)#99 (363)——
2016#57 (6,861)#158 (373)#31 (181)#195 (11)#214 (26)#87 (414)——
2015#56 (6,760)#132 (451)#25 (221)#133 (22)#130 (47)#90 (414)——
2014#53 (7,069)#123 (513)#19 (256)#124 (24)#129 (50)#73 (484)——
2013#59 (6,871)#93 (659)#23 (236)#111 (27)#114 (63)#78 (484)——
2012#54 (7,376)#77 (849)#25 (258)#74 (46)#103 (69)#69 (521)#81 (128)—
2011#53 (7,527)#77 (848)#12 (321)#111 (26)#118 (63)#59 (587)#73 (139)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #31.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 12% of US babies named Cameron were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 390 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 390common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 210common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 640common

Next year

On its recent trend, Cameron is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 390 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 350 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cameron by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #39WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #70NHWashington: #129WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #62MNIllinois: #35ILMichigan: #73MINew York: #49NYMassachusetts: #34MAOregon: #94ORNevada: #148NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #46SDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #87INOhio: #49OHPennsylvania: #45PANew Jersey: #25NJConnecticut: #14CTRhode Island: #37RICalifornia: #130CAUtah: #185UTColorado: #97CONebraska: #173NEMissouri: #62MOKentucky: #125KYWest Virginia: #65WVVirginia: #72VAMaryland: #65MDDelaware: #29DEArizona: #110AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #109KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #104TNNorth Carolina: #53NCSouth Carolina: #72SCDistrict of Columbia: #82DCOklahoma: #123OKLouisiana: #115LAMississippi: #74MSAlabama: #94ALGeorgia: #107GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #131TXFlorida: #81FL
Cameron (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84142
Quebec2025#31215

Cameron (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CameronCanadaGirls#63647
CameronCanadaBoys#123250
CameronEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
CameronEngland & WalesBoys#216231
CameronIrelandGirls—too few
CameronIrelandBoys#22321
CameronNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CameronNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
CameronNSWBoys—too few
CameronScotlandGirls#3878
CameronScotlandBoys#4892
CameronUSGirls#487614
CameronUSBoys#764,348
CameronVICBoys—too few