# Cambria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cambria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæm.bɹi.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,206 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,206 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumberland, Cumbria, and Cymru. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 273 | 945 |
| 2012 | 275 | 933 |
| 2013 | 247 | 1,009 |
| 2014 | 263 | 1,001 |
| 2015 | 262 | 1,021 |
| 2016 | 230 | 1,109 |
| 2017 | 232 | 1,093 |
| 2018 | 207 | 1,162 |
| 2019 | 183 | 1,268 |
| 2020 | 179 | 1,262 |
| 2021 | 186 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 162 | 1,407 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,596 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,685 |
| 2025 | 96 | 1,993 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.