# Camden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/camden/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “enclosure”, “valley” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæmdən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 59,178 / 3,923 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 422, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English campas (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

## 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 | 125 | 1,681 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,793 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,717 |
| 2014 | 116 | 1,774 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,580 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,582 |
| 2018 | 129 | 1,642 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,817 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,561 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,681 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,623 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,647 |
| 2024 | 134 | 1,576 |
| 2025 | 151 | 1,428 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,411 | 160 |
| 2012 | 2,600 | 156 |
| 2013 | 3,897 | 99 |
| 2014 | 3,895 | 101 |
| 2015 | 3,771 | 104 |
| 2016 | 3,344 | 124 |
| 2017 | 2,671 | 148 |
| 2018 | 2,562 | 152 |
| 2019 | 2,459 | 159 |
| 2020 | 2,311 | 167 |
| 2021 | 2,205 | 176 |
| 2022 | 2,014 | 188 |
| 2023 | 2,022 | 180 |
| 2024 | 1,865 | 193 |
| 2025 | 1,722 | 205 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Camden

- Camden Toy, American actor and film editor.(1955-2023)

## 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.