Fun Facts About the Name Camren
- More than 7 thousand babies named Camren: U.S. records list 7,305 babies given the name Camren from 1880 through 2025. Even 633 girls received the name Camren - about 1 girl for every 11 boys.
What Does the Name Camren Mean?
Camren is a spelling variant of Cameron, a name of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is generally explained as a byname from the Gaelic phrase cam sròn, made of cam (bent, crooked) and sròn (nose), so the literal sense is "crooked nose." This kind of descriptive nickname for a physical feature was common in Gaelic naming, and the name began as a surname rather than a personal name. Some older family histories proposed a Norman or other non-Gaelic root for the Cameron family, but the Gaelic derivation is the explanation usually accepted.
Camren Name History & Origins
Cameron arose in the Scottish Highlands as the surname of Clan Cameron, whose traditional lands lay in Lochaber, in the area of Loch Arkaig and Loch Eil. In Scottish Gaelic the clan is Clann Chamshroin, and the surname is recorded in Scotland from the medieval period. The clan chief carries the title Lochiel. From Scotland the surname spread to England and later to North America and other English-speaking regions.
Use of Cameron as a first name grew in the English-speaking world during the 19th and 20th centuries, and Camren is a later respelling of it, one of a group of phonetic variants that also includes Camron, Kamron, and Kamryn. Camren has no separate etymology; its meaning and origin are those of Cameron.
How Popular is the Name Camren?
Camren recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2006. Its best rank was #581 in 2006.
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 | #11,130 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,518 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #7,317 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #10,443 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,052 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #8,692 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #10,729 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #8,903 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #10,242 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #16,957 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #7,734 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #7,461 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #7,894 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,612 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #5,813 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #5,572 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #4,376 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #3,388 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2006 | #3,571 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2005 | #3,375 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #3,227 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2003 | #5,269 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #3,744 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #4,120 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #5,012 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #3,904 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1998 | #7,178 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #12,334 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #8,252 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #12,019 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,932 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #13,783 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #8,273 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,723 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 2024 | #2,338 | 60 | 0.0035% |
| 2023 | #2,545 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2022 | #2,002 | 76 | 0.0044% |
| 2021 | #1,491 | 120 | 0.0069% |
| 2020 | #1,592 | 102 | 0.0059% |
| 2019 | #1,495 | 114 | 0.0064% |
| 2018 | #1,238 | 149 | 0.0082% |
| 2017 | #1,177 | 159 | 0.0086% |
| 2016 | #1,171 | 163 | 0.0086% |
| 2015 | #1,000 | 204 | 0.0106% |
| 2014 | #952 | 221 | 0.0115% |
| 2013 | #888 | 234 | 0.0124% |
| 2012 | #754 | 303 | 0.0160% |
| 2011 | #688 | 344 | 0.0181% |
| 2010 | #720 | 319 | 0.0166% |
| 2009 | #698 | 345 | 0.0174% |
| 2008 | #674 | 359 | 0.0176% |
| 2007 | #604 | 416 | 0.0200% |
| 2006 | #581 | 424 | 0.0206% |
| 2005 | #617 | 359 | 0.0180% |
| 2004 | #611 | 351 | 0.0177% |
| 2003 | #601 | 351 | 0.0178% |
| 2002 | #731 | 241 | 0.0124% |
| 2001 | #780 | 217 | 0.0112% |
| 2000 | #862 | 184 | 0.0094% |
| 1999 | #937 | 156 | 0.0081% |
| 1998 | #1,105 | 116 | 0.0061% |
| 1997 | #1,386 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 1996 | #1,518 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 1995 | #1,843 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1994 | #1,519 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1992 | #2,182 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #2,300 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1990 | #2,222 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #2,365 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #2,615 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #2,573 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #4,167 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #5,663 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,401 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,917 | 5 | 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.
