Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Campbell was most popular in 2025, when 811 American babies were given the name — ranking #787 that year. In 2025 it ranked #787, with 811 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,514 people named Campbell.
Campbell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 122 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,514 American births named Campbell 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 12,780 are estimated to be alive today.
811 American babies were named Campbell in 2025, ranking #787 that year.
Campbell is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 518 births a year, against 417 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +24% 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.
Across the whole record Campbell is a unisex name — 54.0% of the 13,514 Americans given it were girls and 46.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 54% girls and 46% 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.
Roughly 12,780 Americans named Campbell are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 7 and 21.
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.
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