Fun Facts About the Name Kambree
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kambree: U.S. records list 1,726 babies given the name Kambree from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kambree Mean?
Kambree is a modern feminine given name used mainly in the United States, and it is best explained as a respelling of Cambrie, a feminine form of Cambria. Cambria is the Latin name for Wales, taken from the Welsh word Cymru, which is the Welsh people's own name for their country and for themselves. That Welsh root goes back to an Old Welsh form meaning "compatriots" or "fellow countrymen." Under this derivation the literal sense of the name is tied to Wales rather than to a personal quality or trait.
The connection to Cambria rests on the spelling and on the established name Cambrie; no older documented etymology specific to the exact spelling Kambree is known, so the derivation should be treated as the most likely explanation rather than a settled fact.
Kambree Name History & Origins
Cambria entered English through Latin writings about Britain, where it served as the Latin name for Wales. Welsh speakers themselves use Cymru. English writers later adopted "Cambria" as a formal or poetic term for Wales, and the word also survives in place names such as Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and in the geological term for the Cambrian period.
The feminine given name Cambrie was formed from this word, and Kambree belongs with its other modern respellings, such as Cambree and Kambrie. These forms reflect the American practice of reworking a familiar name with a K or a simplified vowel, and the -ee ending places Kambree alongside other contemporary names ending in the same sound. The name's own history is therefore short and recent, while the word behind it has been attached to Wales for centuries.
How Popular is the Name Kambree?
Kambree 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 2013. Its best rank was #1,669 in 2013.
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 | #3,273 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #3,774 | 40 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #3,672 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #3,187 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 2021 | #3,973 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #2,404 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2019 | #2,363 | 76 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #2,067 | 94 | 0.0055% |
| 2017 | #2,193 | 87 | 0.0050% |
| 2016 | #2,434 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 2015 | #2,225 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2014 | #1,762 | 118 | 0.0066% |
| 2013 | #1,669 | 127 | 0.0072% |
| 2012 | #2,085 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 2011 | #2,570 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 2010 | #2,415 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2009 | #2,476 | 77 | 0.0042% |
| 2008 | #2,327 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2007 | #2,661 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 2006 | #3,113 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2005 | #3,384 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #3,197 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 2003 | #5,315 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #4,438 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2001 | #4,909 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #5,576 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #6,045 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #9,672 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #8,668 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #11,125 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #11,066 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,289 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #12,703 | 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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