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Campbell

Pronounced /ˈkæmbəl/

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

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 251 boys were named Campbell, about 1 in every 6,834.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 5,877 boys 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.

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Greatest: 329 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 206 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 207 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 142 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 450 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,333 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,172 babies, 0.10 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.