Cameron: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KAM-ruhn · 2 syllables

Cameron means “from a Scottish clan name”, from Scottish.

From Scottish Gaelic Camshron, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sron (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

How popular is Cameron?

Cameron was the #76 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,962 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Cameron in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Cameron are older than 27; most are between 19 and 48. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Cameron have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Cameron means “from a Scottish clan name”. It comes from Scottish.

Cameron is pronounced KAM-ruhn.

Cameron was the #76 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,962 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Cameron are older than 27. Most are between 19 and 48.