Kameron

What Kameron means

Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”

variant of Cameron || From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Kameron” (revision 83830597) and “Cameron” (revision 93602155), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kameron?

US: Falling: down from #245 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1186 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 1,506 boys got the name (#245 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

• About 1 in 2,576 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales 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 DE (2.04 per 1,000 boys), HI (1.71 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.48 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kameron is #466 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.1% of US babies named Kameron were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cameron4,348 US · 231 E&W
• Kameryn12 US
• Kamyren9 US
• Cameryn8 US
• Cameran6 US
• Kamyron5 US
• Cameren5 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 Kameron

Boys

• Maxwell#189“well”^*
• Logan#53“little hollow”^*
• Zane#324Variant of Zayn, meaning “beauty”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*

For a sister

• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Claire#68Variant of Clare, meaning “bright, shining, clear”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Maddison#438Editor’s note Down from #310 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Skylar#167Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #42 in 2015, #167 in 2025

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 Kameron’s. Rank is US 2025.