Fun Facts About the Name Kamen
- 428 babies named Kamen: U.S. records list 428 babies given the name Kamen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kamen Mean?
Kamen is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin meaning "stone." It comes from the Slavic noun kamen (written камен in Cyrillic), the word for stone in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian, related to Bulgarian камък (kamǎk) and Russian камень (kamen'). The word goes back to a reconstructed Proto-Slavic form, kamenь, also meaning "stone." The name is a direct use of the common noun rather than a compound or diminutive, so its meaning is literal.
Kamen Name History & Origins
Kamen belongs to the South Slavic naming tradition and is a traditional masculine name in Bulgaria and North Macedonia. In Cyrillic it is written Камен. It is a native Slavic word name rather than a saint's name borrowed from Greek or Latin, and it developed alongside the ordinary Slavic word for stone that survives in Bulgarian as камък, Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian as kamen, and Russian as камень.
The Japanese word kamen (仮面), meaning "mask," is unrelated and is not the source of the Slavic given name.
How Popular is the Name Kamen?
Kamen 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 1994. Its best rank was #2,898 in 1994.
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 | #12,956 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #10,358 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #13,183 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #11,576 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #11,431 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #9,123 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #11,453 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #11,472 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,228 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #5,922 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #6,519 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #7,289 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #10,190 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #6,152 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #10,200 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #8,458 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #5,695 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #6,256 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #7,348 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,950 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #7,271 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,501 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #4,117 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #3,674 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #6,581 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #5,177 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #3,549 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #4,571 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #3,757 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #4,164 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #2,898 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #4,584 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #3,842 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #4,623 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #8,799 | 5 | 0.0002% |
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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