Cam

Boy name

Cam has been given to 3,195 babies in the U.S. since 1892. It peaked in 2024.

Meaning & origin /kæm/

A back-formation from Cambridge; compare Middle English Cante and New Latin Camus, Chamus.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,195

Peak year

2024 (139 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1892

10-year trend

▲ +38%

Gender split

13% girls / 87% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cam.

3,191 babies since 1920

3,191 babies since 1992

3,202 babies since 1987

3,205 babies since 1951

3,217 babies since 1969

3,219 babies since 1986

3,220 babies since 1929

3,223 babies since 1905

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