Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cameron

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Crooked nose. Nickname of a Highland chieftain with a crooked nose.
Gaelic
Crooked nose
Scottish

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Cameron

Pronunciation

c(a)-me-ron

Famous People

Actress Cameron Diaz, Writer Cameron Crowe, Actor Cameron Mathison, Athlete Cameron Drew, Actress Camryn Manheim

Celebrity Babies

Child of Emma Samms, Child of Michael Douglas, Child of Jimmy Buffet

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #31, 12,761 births); most recent 2025 (rank #76, 4,348 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #176, 1,781 births); most recent 2025 (rank #487, 614 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20254,348614
20244,817628
20235,085639
20224,959605
20215,124667
20205,055622
20195,253565
20185,312617
20175,975577
20166,858588

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #24, 3,181 births); most recent 2025 (rank #216, 231 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #431, 74 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20252317
20242284
202327012
202225910
20212847
20202625
20192609
20182999
20173699
201637311

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #246, 285 births); most recent 2023 (rank #309, 177 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #1136, 36 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2962, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20231778
202219515
202125117
20202228
201925713
201821412
201717218
201621114
201520715
201423722

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #97, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #220, 21 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #465, 7 births); most recent 2015 (rank #755, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202521–
202432–
202335–
202228–
202132–
202030–
201930–
201834–
201742–
201626–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #4, 699 births); most recent 2025 (rank #48, 92 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #258, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #387, 8 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025928
20241175
2023120–
20221453
2021136–
20201044
2019140–
20181754
2017205–
20161815

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #34, 98 births); most recent 2025 (rank #270, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #181, 9 births); most recent 2008 (rank #370, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoysGirls
20256–
202411–
202310–
202211–
20217–
202012–
201911–
201816–
201711–
201611–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #19, 179 births); most recent 2023 (rank #144, 24 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #195, 18 births); most recent 2023 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023245
202235–
2021265
2020305
2019349
201834–
201743–
201647–
201544–
2014546

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence