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Cambria

#1,993 in 2025Girls' name

The people

Cambria has been given to 6,206 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #1,993 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 275 recorded.

Babies named Cambria, 2025

1 in 34,500

Cambria over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cambria: meaning, origin, and history

The people

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cambria means

Cambria means “the people”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumberland, Cumbria, and Cymru.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Cambria (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Cambria is used in English.

Cambria comes through Medieval Latin Cambria, Middle Welsh Kymry and Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cymru.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Cambria is pronounced /ˈkæm.bɹi.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,206 girls were recorded with the name Cambria between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 275 in 2012; its best national rank was #933 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,262 in 2020 to #1,993 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,021 in 2015 to #1,993 in 2025.

How common is Cambria?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,500
96 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 16,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,993
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,938 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cambria sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,938 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cambria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cambrias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cambria was born before 2010 — so the typical Cambria is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,206
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.9% of all recorded uses (2,413).

Is Cambria rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−308
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−731
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−972
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.37×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
34.9%
Peak was 2012 (275)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#933
2012

Spellings of Cambria

Cambria is the most-used spelling, taking 12.8% of the 48,425 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Cambria is used

Across 2016–2025, Cambria was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 9,799 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 33,333).

324 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,167
  2. 2California1 in 5,263
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 5,556
  4. 4Idaho1 in 5,882
  5. 5Colorado1 in 6,667
  6. 6Ohio1 in 6,667
  7. 7Arizona1 in 7,143
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Cambria around the world

Where Cambria ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Cambria by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,993
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 731
Best rank ever
#933
2012
Peak year
2012
275 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,206
Count in 2025
96

Names similar to Cambria

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CamariaCameliaCamerynCampbellCambrieCambreeCammieCamdenCamelliaCamdynCameranSamariaCamillaCameronCamiyahKamariaRosariaCamilliaAzariaCamrynnCamiliaCamiCamrynAndria

Names with a curve like Cambria

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Cambria, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KamilleKyndallTeganAnneliseJaelKylahAnnelieseKarisEllyNailahLiannaAlannah

Sibling names for Cambria

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Cambria

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