Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Campbell

Pronounced /ˈkæmbəl/

Rank in 2024
#954
Born in 2024
273
Peak year
2006 · #664
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:251 in 2024 (#921)

1880 to 2024

Steady
00.10.20.318801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Campbell with other names

Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 273 girls were named Campbell, about 1 in every 5,909.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 435 babies, ranked #664.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1989.
  • 6,826 girls have been named Campbell since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Campbell per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 127 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,025 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,674 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell. As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above. (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkæmbəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.