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Cam
Pronounced /kæm/
Rank in 2024
#1,424
Born in 2024
129
Peak year
2024 · #1424
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 129 boys were named Cam, about 1 in every 13,297.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1892.
- 2,661 boys have been named Cam since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cam per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 89 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 59 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 242 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 186 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 551 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,241 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A back-formation from Cambridge; compare Middle English Cante and New Latin Camus, Chamus. ==== Proper noun ==== Cam A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse. Synonym: Granta (south of Cambridge)
- A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /kæm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cam, CC BY-SA 4.0.