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Campbell

#617 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Crooked + mouth

Campbell has been given to 13,514 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #617 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 474 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% girls, 46% boys all-time.

Babies named Campbell, 2025

1 in 6,990

Campbell over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Campbell over time

In 2025, Campbell went to 58% girls and 42% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Campbell: meaning, origin, and history

Crooked + mouth

surname transfer

What Campbell means

Campbell means “crooked + mouth”, associated with cam and beul.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Campbell is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Campbell comes through Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul.

Campbell is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Campbell is pronounced /ˈkæmbəl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,300 girls were recorded with the name Campbell between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 474 in 2025; its best national rank was #617 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,190 in 2020 to #617 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,132 in 2015 to #617 in 2025.

In the United States, 6,214 boys were recorded with the name Campbell between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 337 in 2025; its best national rank was #710 in 1885.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,166 in 2020 to #764 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,290 in 2015 to #764 in 2025.

How common is Campbell?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,990
474 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 3,390
0.03% of girls
Rank, 2025
#617
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,849 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Campbell 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 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,849 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Campbell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Campbells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Campbell was born before 2011 — so the typical Campbell is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,300
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (2,957).

Is Campbell 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
+338
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+573
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+515
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (474)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#617
2025

Where Campbell is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Campbell was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 1,786 girls, against 1 in 6,556 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

256 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 1,786
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 1,961
  3. 3Alabama1 in 2,041
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 2,632
  5. 5Virginia1 in 3,333
  6. 6Georgia1 in 3,571
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 3,846
  8. 8District of Columbia1 in 4,762

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.

Where Campbell is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Campbell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 2,381 boys, against 1 in 8,746 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

242 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 2,381
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 2,703
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 3,846
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 4,167
  5. 5Georgia1 in 4,545
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 4,545
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 4,545
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 5,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Campbell around the world

Where Campbell 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.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2013
    #4,739
    in 2013
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Campbell

People whose public names include Campbell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Campbell by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#617
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 573
Best rank ever
#617
2025
Peak year
2025
474 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,300
Count in 2025
474

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#764
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 402
Best rank ever
#710
1885
Peak year
2025
337 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,214
Count in 2025
337

Names similar to Campbell

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

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Names with a curve like Campbell

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

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Sibling names for Campbell

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

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