Fun Facts About the Name Kamber
- 730 babies named Kamber: U.S. records list 730 babies given the name Kamber from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kamber Mean?
Kamber is a masculine given name used in Turkey and in parts of southeastern Europe. It is generally taken to be a Turkish variant of the Arabic name Qanbar, written in Turkish as Kanber, the name of a companion and servant of Ali ibn Abi Talib. No literal meaning for the Arabic name is firmly established; Arabic sources treat Qanbar as a borrowed name, probably from Persian, and its original sense is uncertain.
The Turkish change from Kanber to Kamber follows a regular pattern in which an n becomes m before b, the same shift seen in words such as pembe (from penbe) and çember (from çenber). The name is not related to the legendary British figure Camber, nor to the Scottish name Cameron, despite the similar sound.
Kamber Name History & Origins
In Islamic tradition, Qanbar was a servant and close companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the central figure of Shia Islam. Shia accounts describe him as a devoted attendant of Ali and relate that he was put to death by the Umayyad governor al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. These reports come from traditional religious literature rather than from contemporary historical records. In Alevi tradition in Turkey, Ali and Kanber are remembered together in poetry and ritual as an image of loyalty.
Names drawn from religious figures were widely given in Muslim societies, and Kanber became a personal name in Ottoman Turkish. With Ottoman expansion into the Balkans, the name passed into the naming stock of Muslim communities there, including Albanians, Bosniaks, and Turks in the region, and it also appears in the area as a family name. The variant Kamber reflects the internal Turkish sound change described above rather than a separate origin.
How Popular is the Name Kamber?
Kamber has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #4,317 in 2009.
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 | #9,768 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #9,850 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,708 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #10,034 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,834 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,478 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #7,929 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #6,139 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #7,245 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #5,709 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #5,568 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #5,547 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #6,123 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,170 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #5,452 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #6,502 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,317 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #7,565 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #10,457 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #6,019 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #6,988 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #6,932 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #7,041 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #11,615 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #6,466 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #11,231 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #6,663 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #6,882 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #7,482 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #4,808 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1995 | #5,813 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #5,846 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #7,240 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #5,370 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #7,157 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #6,273 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #4,575 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #5,738 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #7,655 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,582 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #5,818 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #8,579 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,971 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #5,364 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #9,018 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #7,169 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #9,696 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #8,981 | 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.
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