Campbell
Means “crooked + mouth”*
Girl’s name · from a surname · /ˈkæmbəl/
What Campbell means
Means “crooked + mouth”
As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Campbell” (revision 94535289), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Campbell?
▲ 338 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1131 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 474 girls got the name (#617 that year). First in the US records in 1989.
How common
- About 1 in 3,391 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in AL (1.42 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.24 per 1,000 girls), AR (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Campbell is #617 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #617 | 474 | 1 in 3,391 | #1131 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 58.4% of US babies named Campbell were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 474 | 337 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 12 |
| US all years since 1880 | 7,300 | 6,214 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 4 | 541 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
IPA from Wiktionary.
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Kampbell15 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Campbell
Girls
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- Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”*
For a brother
- Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
- Carson#124“rock”*
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- Rohan#810“to ascend”*
- Ashton#197“ash (tree species) + enclosure, settlement”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Campbell’s. Rank is US 2025.
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