girls:
31k births since 1914
#799 (86th percentile)
boys:
303.4k births since 1882
#116 (97th percentile)
overall:
334.4k births since 1882
#221 (97th percentile)
The name Cameron is the #221 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 334,383 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 97.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #116 (97.5% percentile) for all time with 303,407 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #799 (86.0% percentile) for all time with 30,976 births since 1914.
Cameron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Cameron is available in 132 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (132 years for boys and 87 years for girls). 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.
The name Cameron has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.8% of babies named Cameron were boys.
For boys, Cameron reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 96.3% percentile (ranked #31) with 6,112 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 6,112 births per million (ranked 96.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cameron ranks #56 for boys (94.0% percentile) with 2,768 births per million, which is 45.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cameron reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 80.2% percentile (ranked #176) with 915 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 915 births per million (ranked 80.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cameron ranks #429 for girls (54.8% percentile) with 364 births per million, which is 39.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cameron".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Cameron. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.4% confident that Cameron is pronounced as KA-mer-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-mruhn, at 26.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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