Fun Facts About the Name Kamp
- 72 babies named Kamp: U.S. records list 72 babies given the name Kamp from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kamp Mean?
Kamp is a name meaning "camp" or "enclosed field." It comes from Dutch and Low German kamp, a word for a piece of fenced or enclosed land and, by extension, a field or a battlefield. That word was borrowed into the Germanic languages from Latin campus ("field, open plain"), the same source as English camp. Because a field could also be a place of combat, the word took on a second sense of "fight" or "struggle" in Dutch and the Scandinavian languages, but for the family name the "enclosed field" sense is the usual explanation.
Kamp Name History & Origins
Kamp is found mainly as a family name in the Netherlands, northern Germany, Denmark, and among people of Dutch and German descent. Like many surnames from that region, it began as a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosed field (kamp), or as a habitational name for someone from one of the many small places and farmsteads called Kamp, Kampe, or Kampen. The Dutch town of Kampen preserves the same element.
As a first name, Kamp is uncommon. Its use as a given name appears mostly in modern English-speaking contexts and is generally taken directly from the surname rather than inherited through an older given-name tradition, so it has little separate history apart from the family name.
How Popular is the Name Kamp?
Kamp 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 2025. Its best rank was #4,089 in 2025.
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 | #4,089 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #5,537 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #7,987 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,639 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #13,087 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,125 | 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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How the Name Kamp Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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