Fun Facts About the Name Cambria
- More than 6 thousand babies named Cambria: U.S. records list 6,206 babies given the name Cambria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cambria Mean?
Cambria is a Latin name for Wales. It comes from the Welsh word Cymry, the name for the Welsh people, and from Cymru, the Welsh name for their country. The Welsh form Cymry is generally derived from an earlier Brythonic compound kom-brogī, meaning "fellow countrymen" or "compatriots" (from kom- "with, together" and brog- "country, territory"). In Latin this became Cambria, a name for Wales.
As a personal name, Cambria is used in English and is usually understood as "from Wales" or "Welsh." The literal sense of the Welsh source is closer to "fellow countrymen" than to the modern English adjective Welsh. The related adjective Cambrian means "of Wales" or "Welsh."
Cambria Name History & Origins
In the Middle Ages, Latin writers used Cambria as a name for Wales. The Welsh forms Cymru (the country) and Cymry (the people) remained in use in Welsh, while the Latin form appeared in historical and poetic texts and in English place names such as the Cambrian Mountains.
In the 19th century, geologists named the Cambrian period after Cambria because rocks from that period were first studied in Wales. This gave the word a wider scientific and English-language presence.
As a given name, Cambria is a modern English usage derived from the Latin place name. It is not a traditional Welsh personal name; the Welsh names for the country and people are Cymru and Cymry.
How Popular is the Name Cambria?
Cambria recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2012. Its best rank was #933 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,993 | 96 | 0.0060% |
| 2024 | #1,691 | 120 | 0.0074% |
| 2023 | #1,596 | 131 | 0.0082% |
| 2022 | #1,405 | 162 | 0.0099% |
| 2021 | #1,259 | 186 | 0.0113% |
| 2020 | #1,262 | 179 | 0.0111% |
| 2019 | #1,268 | 183 | 0.0109% |
| 2018 | #1,162 | 207 | 0.0122% |
| 2017 | #1,093 | 232 | 0.0134% |
| 2016 | #1,109 | 230 | 0.0130% |
| 2015 | #1,021 | 262 | 0.0147% |
| 2014 | #1,001 | 263 | 0.0147% |
| 2013 | #1,009 | 247 | 0.0141% |
| 2012 | #933 | 275 | 0.0156% |
| 2011 | #944 | 273 | 0.0155% |
| 2010 | #1,036 | 241 | 0.0136% |
| 2009 | #1,001 | 265 | 0.0144% |
| 2008 | #1,031 | 254 | 0.0134% |
| 2007 | #1,231 | 202 | 0.0105% |
| 2006 | #1,453 | 154 | 0.0081% |
| 2005 | #1,600 | 127 | 0.0069% |
| 2004 | #1,459 | 139 | 0.0076% |
| 2003 | #1,616 | 119 | 0.0065% |
| 2002 | #1,626 | 114 | 0.0063% |
| 2001 | #1,534 | 121 | 0.0067% |
| 2000 | #1,971 | 85 | 0.0047% |
| 1999 | #1,540 | 110 | 0.0062% |
| 1998 | #1,677 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 1997 | #1,733 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 1996 | #2,017 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1995 | #1,985 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1994 | #2,104 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 1993 | #1,778 | 82 | 0.0045% |
| 1992 | #2,222 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1991 | #2,323 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 1990 | #2,529 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1989 | #2,577 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #2,253 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1987 | #1,794 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1986 | #2,516 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 1985 | #3,093 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1984 | #2,230 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 1983 | #2,599 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1982 | #2,777 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #2,412 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 1980 | #2,807 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1979 | #2,870 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 1978 | #4,703 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #3,497 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1976 | #3,698 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #3,791 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1974 | #4,250 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #4,604 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,071 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1971 | #4,329 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1970 | #7,154 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #7,598 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #6,331 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #6,910 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #5,952 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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