Kamryn

What Kamryn means

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

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Kamryn” (revision 83830596) and “Cameron” (revision 93602155), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kamryn?

US: Falling: down from #364 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 1,271 girls got the name (#269 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 2,955 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 WV (1.18 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kamryn is #556 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 80.2% of US babies named Kamryn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Camryn644 US
• Kamrynn22 US
• Camrynn18 US
• Camren8 US
• Kamren6 US
• Kimran0 US · 4 E&W

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 Kamryn

Girls

• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*

For a brother

• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• 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
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Reece#460Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Reece in 2025 were boys
• Reese#602“ardor”^*

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 Kamryn’s. Rank is US 2025.