Cam
Recorded 1892–2025 · United States
Cam was most popular in 2024, when 139 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,858 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,831, with 139 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,195 people named Cam.
Cam over time
How old is the name Cam?
Cam first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 104 of the 134 years since.
How many people are named Cam?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,195 American births named Cam between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,876 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Cam in 2025?
139 American babies were named Cam in 2025, ranking #2,831 that year.
Is Cam getting more or less popular?
Cam is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 131 births a year, against 94 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +39% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Cam a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Cam is mostly a boy’s name — 12.6% of the 3,195 Americans given it were girls and 87.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Cam?
Roughly 2,876 Americans named Cam are alive today — 90% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 6 and 45. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Cam is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org