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Cameron

Cameron: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“crooked nose”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
KAM-uh-run · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (91% of all uses)

From a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic cam 'crooked' and sròn 'nose'. It began as a clan name before wider given-name use.

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How popular is Cameron?

20241,636 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Cameron in 20245,445

2024 rank#66 boys

Peak year1999

Total US babies since 1880339,893

Cameron has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Cameron

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Camryncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Kameroncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Kamryncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Camcrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Camroncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Camrencrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Loganlittle hollow · Scottish Gaelic
  • IanGod is gracious · Scottish Gaelic

Cameron questions

What does the name Cameron mean?

Cameron means "crooked nose". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. From a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic cam 'crooked' and sròn 'nose'. It began as a clan name before wider given-name use.

Is Cameron a boy or girl name?

Cameron is mainly a boy's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cameron?

5,445 US babies were named Cameron in 2024. Its peak year was 1999.

How do you pronounce Cameron?

Cameron is usually pronounced KAM-uh-run.

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.