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Cameron
Pronounced /ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/
Rank in 2024
#66
Born in 2024
4,817
Peak year
2000 · #31
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:628 in 2024 (#486)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,817 boys were named Cameron, about 1 in every 356.
- It peaked in 2000 with 12,765 babies, ranked #31.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 308,280 boys have been named Cameron since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cameron per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 2.4Millennials1981–96
- 4.8Gen Z1997–12
- 3.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 765 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 767 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,890 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,061 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Millennials: 72,525 babies, 2.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 150,063 babies, 4.78 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 69,136 babies, 3.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). ==== Proper noun ==== Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons) A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage. A placename: A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in the Navajo Nation territory, Coconino County, Arizona.
- A unisex given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cameron, CC BY-SA 4.0.