Fun Facts About the Name Camron
- More than 15 thousand babies named Camron: U.S. records list 15,209 babies given the name Camron from 1880 through 2025. Even 399 girls received the name Camron - about 1 girl for every 37 boys.
What Does the Name Camron Mean?
Camron is a respelled form of the Scottish name Cameron, and it carries the same meaning. The source is Scottish Gaelic: cam, meaning "crooked" or "bent," joined to sròn, the ordinary Gaelic word for "nose." Together they give the literal sense "crooked nose" or "bent nose." The Gaelic form of the name is usually written Camshron.
Because the elements form a descriptive compound, the name most likely began as a nickname for a person with a noticeably bent or crooked nose. That literal reading is the established etymology; any broader symbolic or character-based interpretation is a later reading, not the word's origin.
Camron Name History & Origins
The name first appears as a Scottish surname, borne by Clan Cameron, a Highland clan whose traditional territory lies in Lochaber in the western Highlands, near Fort William. In Scottish Gaelic the clan is Clann Chamshroin, and the surname is found in Scottish records of the medieval and early modern periods, including charters and genealogies connected with the Highland chiefs. Traditional clan histories trace the family back to an ancestor of the 13th or 14th century, but those accounts belong to clan tradition rather than to documented record.
From Scotland the surname spread to England, Ireland, and eventually North America, and it also came into use as a first name in the English-speaking world. As a given name it became especially common for boys in the United States during the 20th century.
Camron is one of several respelled versions of that standard Cameron spelling, alongside forms such as Camryn, Camren, and Kamron. These respellings are modern; Camron has no separate origin of its own and no independent history apart from the Cameron name from which it is derived.
How Popular is the Name Camron?
Camron recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2003. Its best rank was #316 in 2003.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #17,042 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #15,332 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,638 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #9,595 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #6,608 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #10,041 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #5,629 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #5,791 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #4,829 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #4,932 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #3,961 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #4,551 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #4,333 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #5,404 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #9,149 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,714 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #7,597 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #10,649 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #9,825 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #12,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,863 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #9,714 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #7,035 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #7,487 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #10,475 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #9,375 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #7,508 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #10,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #8,688 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #8,288 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,574 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1974 | #7,808 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #5,501 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,059 | 72 | 0.0042% |
| 2024 | #1,745 | 94 | 0.0055% |
| 2023 | #1,972 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 2022 | #1,918 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2021 | #1,576 | 110 | 0.0063% |
| 2020 | #1,478 | 115 | 0.0067% |
| 2019 | #1,169 | 166 | 0.0093% |
| 2018 | #1,101 | 178 | 0.0098% |
| 2017 | #997 | 203 | 0.0110% |
| 2016 | #895 | 243 | 0.0128% |
| 2015 | #852 | 263 | 0.0137% |
| 2014 | #794 | 289 | 0.0150% |
| 2013 | #751 | 303 | 0.0160% |
| 2012 | #612 | 402 | 0.0212% |
| 2011 | #518 | 495 | 0.0261% |
| 2010 | #531 | 488 | 0.0254% |
| 2009 | #451 | 615 | 0.0310% |
| 2008 | #445 | 629 | 0.0308% |
| 2007 | #390 | 775 | 0.0373% |
| 2006 | #346 | 890 | 0.0433% |
| 2005 | #354 | 840 | 0.0421% |
| 2004 | #339 | 859 | 0.0433% |
| 2003 | #316 | 943 | 0.0477% |
| 2002 | #348 | 785 | 0.0404% |
| 2001 | #430 | 565 | 0.0291% |
| 2000 | #411 | 606 | 0.0309% |
| 1999 | #380 | 683 | 0.0356% |
| 1998 | #461 | 487 | 0.0255% |
| 1997 | #737 | 207 | 0.0110% |
| 1996 | #786 | 185 | 0.0098% |
| 1995 | #837 | 165 | 0.0087% |
| 1994 | #759 | 193 | 0.0100% |
| 1993 | #808 | 171 | 0.0087% |
| 1992 | #820 | 164 | 0.0082% |
| 1991 | #815 | 162 | 0.0080% |
| 1990 | #764 | 177 | 0.0086% |
| 1989 | #854 | 139 | 0.0069% |
| 1988 | #796 | 142 | 0.0074% |
| 1987 | #1,080 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 1986 | #1,051 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 1985 | #1,230 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 1984 | #1,328 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1983 | #1,266 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1982 | #1,211 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1981 | #1,261 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1980 | #1,393 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1979 | #1,393 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1978 | #1,329 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 1977 | #1,411 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 1976 | #1,378 | 42 | 0.0027% |
| 1975 | #1,383 | 40 | 0.0026% |
| 1974 | #2,288 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1973 | #1,824 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1972 | #2,257 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #2,474 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1970 | #2,309 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #2,225 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1967 | #3,020 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,278 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,073 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #4,119 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1962 | #3,076 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #4,111 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #3,315 | 7 | 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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