Scottish Gaelic cam sron, "crooked nose" — crooked nose. One of the great Highland clan names.
Cameron ranks 76th among American boys in 2025, with 4,962 born that year. Its best year was 2000, when 14,363 babies were given the name, ranking 31st. The typical living American called Cameron is about 23 years old today. It is relatively most common in Connecticut, where it accounts for 0.47% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.