girls:
6k births since 1963
#2146 (62nd percentile)
overall:
6k births since 1963
#3503 (55th percentile)
The name Cambria is the #3,503 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,984 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 54.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,146 (62.5% percentile) for all time with 5,984 births since 1963.
Cambria first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (first recorded for girls in 1963). Birth data for Cambria is available in 58 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Cambria reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 28.8% percentile (ranked #667) with 142 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 142 births per million (ranked 28.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cambria ranks #825 for girls (12.9% percentile) with 73 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cambria".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cambria. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Cambria is pronounced as KA-mbree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-mbree-uh, at 10.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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