Cambria

Cambria: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “Wales”
Origin: Welsh
Say it: KAM-bree-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Cambria is the Latinized poetic name for Wales, from Welsh Cymru. As a given name it is a modern adoption from the place-name.

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How popular is Cambria?

202436.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Cambria in 2024120

2024 rank#1,695 girls

Peak year2012

Total US babies since 18806,110

Cambria is fading: recent use is about 66% of its level ten years before.

Names like Cambria

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Winniefair and blessed · Welsh
Rowynwhite spear · Welsh

Cambria questions

What does the name Cambria mean?

Cambria means "Wales". It comes from Welsh. Cambria is the Latinized poetic name for Wales, from Welsh Cymru. As a given name it is a modern adoption from the place-name.

Is Cambria a boy or girl name?

Cambria is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cambria?

120 US babies were named Cambria in 2024. Its peak year was 2012.

How do you pronounce Cambria?

Cambria is usually pronounced KAM-bree-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.