Camryn
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Meaning
modern feminine variant of Cameron, traditionally "crooked nose"
The story
Camryn is Cameron opened into a girls' spelling, the clan name with the vowels rearranged toward the nursery, and it leads its own couple: Kamryn, the K-twin, follows at about 30,200 to Camryn's 35,700, the two rising and settling together as spelling couples do. Cameron itself, about 344,900 across the record, keeps the Scottish root, crooked nose in the clan's blunt tradition, and keeps Cam on duty for everyone. Camryn's wave was the 1990s and 2000s: about 3,800, then a crest of 16,300, then 10,600 in the 2010s and 4,800 so far this decade. It goes mostly to girls, about 31,000 to 4,700. The 2000s cohort is entering the workforce now, which is how a respelling stops being modern and starts being a manager. The clan holds; the spelling votes.
Camryn's name family
One shared root links 6 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Scottish Gaelic cam sròn "crooked nose", a Highland clan name turned given name; one name in many modern spellings
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How popular is Camryn around the world?
In the United States, 4,797 babies were named Camryn between 2020 and 2025.
Camryn is on the official records of the United States, Canada and South Australia.
United States
1 in 4,500
In the United States, 4,797 babies were named Camryn between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Camryn peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Camryn went to 1,013 US babies in 2015 and 707 in 2025, 70% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 8,100
In Canada, 45 girls named Camryn were born in 2024, the 633rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Camryn in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
last on record 2018
Camryn is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
last on record 2006
Camryn is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
New Zealand
last on record 2011
Camryn is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
last on record 2022
Camryn is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Camryn
Most people given the name Camryn in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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