boy's name
Kameron
KAM-ur-un
- Origin Scottish
- Gender Boy
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 46,433
the United States
#467
2025 births
Kameron means crooked nose, and it is one of very few clan names built on a face — the Scottish cam sròn described a feature, and an entire Highland kindred took it. Most clan names come from a place or an ancestor instead.
- Kameron is a name of Scottish origin.
- Peaked in 2015, when 1,560 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,757 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1956.
Kameron over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 12 |
| 1960s | 127 |
| 1970s | 502 |
| 1980s | 1,598 |
| 1990s | 8,220 |
| 2000s | 13,951 |
| 2010s | 13,692 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 5,341 |
What Kameron means
Kameron means crooked nose. The Gaelic joins a word meaning bent or crooked to one for a nose, so it began as a physical byname rather than a title or a place.
Where Kameron comes from
Kameron respells Cameron, from the Scottish Gaelic cam sròn — crooked nose. Clan Cameron of Lochaber took the byname as a surname, which is unusual: most clan names come from a place or a founding ancestor's given name rather than from someone's face. A separate Cameron in Fife derives from cam brun, crooked hill, and some bearers descend from that instead. The K spelling is a modern American respelling.
Kameron in use
Kameron peaked in the United States in 2015, when 1,560 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 467th in the United States on 697 births, 985th in France on 40 and 4141st in England and Wales on 5, across 46,433 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. About 10 percent of recorded births are female.
How popular is Kameron?
In 2025, Kameron was given to 697 babies in the United States, ranking #467 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kameron is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Kameron
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kameron also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kameron over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Kameron
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Kameron in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Kameron
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kameron — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kameron
What does the name Kameron mean?
Crooked nose — the Gaelic cam sròn.
Is that really a clan name?
Yes. Clan Cameron of Lochaber took a physical byname, which is unusual for a clan.
Is there another origin?
A Cameron in Fife from cam brun, crooked hill, accounts for some bearers.
How popular is Kameron?
467th in the United States, and stable rather than falling in our data.
Is Kameron a girl's or a boy's name?
Kameron is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
What are the nicknames for Kameron?
Kameron is usually shortened to Kam.
Is Kameron a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kameron currently ranks #467 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.