Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cam” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cam” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cam” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cam” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cam” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 6 11 -29%
1947 10 0.000002776 5 5 0%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 7 9 -13%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 6 8 -14%
1953 21 0.000005449 14 7 33%
1954 37 0.000009295 13 24 -30%
1955 27 0.000006725 10 17 -26%
1956 24 0.000005821 11 13 -8%
1957 33 0.000007853 16 17 -3%
1958 34 0.000008225 14 20 -18%
1959 31 0.000007456 15 16 -3%
1960 37 0.000008907 12 25 -35%
1961 48 0.000011588 20 28 -17%
1962 29 0.000007186 12 17 -17%
1963 34 0.00000859 15 19 -12%
1964 31 0.000007974 14 17 -10%
1965 27 0.000007447 6 21 -56%
1966 25 0.000007193 10 15 -20%
1967 32 0.000009426 10 22 -38%
1968 23 0.000006808 9 14 -22%
1969 33 0.000009496 14 19 -15%
1970 32 0.000008873 8 24 -50%
1971 16 0.000004662 5 11 -38%
1972 15 0.000004773 5 10 -33%
1973 17 0.000005635 9 8 6%
1974 19 0.00000625 9 10 -5%
1975 27 0.000008942 9 18 -33%
1976 21 0.000006921 5 16 -52%
1977 18 0.000005667 7 11 -22%
1978 24 0.000007562 6 18 -50%
1979 16 0.000004809 7 9 -13%
1980 23 0.000006677 7 16 -39%
1981 17 0.000004914 10 7 18%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 5 7 -17%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 7 7 0%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 5 8 -23%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 -100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 -100%
2006 22 0.000005561 22 -100%
2007 41 0.000010256 41 -100%
2008 26 0.000006615 26 -100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 -100%
2010 50 0.000013529 50 -100%
2011 91 0.000024878 8 83 -82%
2012 100 0.000027342 100 -100%
2013 82 0.000022492 82 -100%
2014 95 0.000025632 95 -100%
2015 100 0.00002702 5 95 -90%
2016 108 0.000029438 5 103 -91%
2017 109 0.000030479 5 104 -91%
2018 76 0.000021616 76 -100%
2019 102 0.000029387 5 97 -90%
2020 98 0.000029336 7 91 -86%
2021 125 0.000036895 5 120 -92%
2022 121 0.000035766 121 -100%
2023 128 0.000038657 128 -100%
2024 139 0.000041761 10 129 -86%

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