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Kameron

#466 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Crooked nose

Kameron has been given to 43,443 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #466 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 1,506 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Kameron, 2025

1 in 5,000

Kameron over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K2K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kameron went to 5% girls and 95% boys.

19562025

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.

Kameron: meaning, origin, and history

Crooked nose

English spelling variant of Scottish Cameron

About Kameron

Kameron is a modern English spelling of Cameron, a name taken from a Scottish surname meaning crooked nose. The k gives the familiar surname form a different written beginning while preserving its usual pronunciation. Writer Kameron Hurley and country singer Kameron Marlowe show its use across sexes and across different creative fields.

Meaning and surname history

Cameron combines Gaelic cam, meaning crooked, with sròn, meaning nose. It developed as a Scottish surname before entering given-name use.

Kameron belongs to that same surname family. Its altered initial letter does not introduce a different root or meaning; the older Cameron history remains behind the modern spelling.

Camron, Camryn, and Kamryn are other related forms. Their endings vary, but each keeps the central sound that makes Cameron and Kameron recognizable.

The spelling's beginning also provides the familiar form Kam. Cam is another established shortening in the wider family, particularly natural beside the original Cameron spelling.

Pronunciation and rhythm

Kameron is commonly KAM-run in English, with two syllables and initial stress. The first vowel is the one in “cat.”

The middle written e need not create a separate spoken syllable. The compact pronunciation contrasts with the seven-letter spelling, which can look longer on the page than it sounds aloud.

Kam reduces the name to one syllable. The full Kameron keeps the same strong opening but adds an unstressed ending, giving it a more extended rhythm in a complete name.

Kameron Hurley

Science-fiction and fantasy writer Kameron Hurley won two Hugo Awards in 2014. One was Best Fan Writer; the other was Best Related Work for the essay “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative.”

Those honors recognize a public writing career that includes commentary as well as fiction. Her books include The Light Brigade and The Stars Are Legion.

Hurley's professional use gives Kameron a literary association without relying on a fictional character as its main point of recognition. It is the first name on the book covers and the award records themselves.

Kameron Marlowe

Country singer Kameron Marlowe appeared on the fifteenth season of The Voice in 2018, reaching the top twenty-four. His later recording career developed around the song “Giving You Up.”

After signing with Columbia, he released a self-titled EP in 2020, moving from television exposure into a recording career in country music.

Marlowe and Hurley give the same spelling distinct creative settings: country performance in one case and speculative fiction and essays in the other.

American popularity

Kameron's boys' count rose from 32 in 1980 to 1,225 in 2000. Its largest count and best rank came in 2015, with 1,506 births and number 245.

In 2025 there were 663 boys named Kameron, ranking 466. Girls' use was smaller, reaching a peak count of 221 in 2000 and falling to 34 in 2025. The spelling has a documented history for both sexes, with male registrations substantially more numerous in recent American records.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning and history draw on the references below. American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling; counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted. Existing Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA. Informal shortening suggestions are identified in the prose.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How popular is Kameron?

In 2025, Kameron ranked #466 among boys in the United States, with 663 recorded uses. The U.S. birth records first list this spelling for boys in 1956; its largest annual count was 1,506 in 2015. Rankings count each spelling separately. They describe national use, so local familiarity can differ. The popularity chart shows whether the name has remained common, returned after a quieter period, or risen recently.

How common is Kameron?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,000
663 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,580
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#466
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,467 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kameron sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 1002%
School of 5009%

Put another way: gather 3,467 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kameron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamerons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kameron was born before 2008 — so the typical Kameron is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
39,012
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (12,981).

Is Kameron 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
−36
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−166
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−221
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.0%
Peak was 2015 (1,506)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
6.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#245
2015

Spellings of Kameron

Kameron is not the most common spelling — Cameron is, with 66.3% against Kameron's 8.3%.

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 Kameron is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kameron was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 407 boys, against 1 in 1,508 across all states with data. It was least common in Idaho (1 in 14,286).

7246 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 407
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 602
  3. 3Alabama1 in 637
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 654
  5. 5Georgia1 in 763
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 926
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 943
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 962

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.

Geographically, Kameron is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 74% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kameron is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kameron was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 51,791 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 25,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 25,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 25,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Virginia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Alabama1 in 50,000

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. Kameron has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kameron around the world

Where Kameron 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
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1999–2013
    #687
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2009–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    1999–2025
    #995
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kameron

People whose public names include Kameron, 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.

Kameron in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kameron. Linked forms have their own page here.

Cameron

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kameron by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#466
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 166
Best rank ever
#245
2015
Peak year
2015
1,506 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
39,012
Count in 2025
663

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,220
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,275
Best rank ever
#947
1999
Peak year
2000
221 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,431
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Kameron

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

KamronKamdenKamariKamrynKamyronKamaronMyronKamrenCamronKamdynTheronCameronKamarionByronKamranDarronKamerynKamauriBarronJaronKamalAronKamrinRon

Names with a curve like Kameron

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

KylerCorbinKeeganQuinnZaneGriffinJosueLukasAveryMohamedMaximilianKeaton

Sibling names for Kameron

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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