Camryn

Where Camryn comes from

The dictionaries list Camryn as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
Along the way
  1. 1961
    Camryn Manheim born
    American actress
  2. 1974
    First appearance
    #8,775 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1988
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1999
    Camryn Rogers born
    Canadian hammer thrower
  5. 1999
    Peak, #158
    2,048 babies named Camryn — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #310.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
Namesakes
  • Camryn Manheim · American actress, born 1961
  • Camryn Rogers · Canadian hammer thrower, born 1999
  • Camryn Grimes · American actress, born 1990
  • Camryn · American pop singer and actress from Denver, Colorado, 1999–2025
  • Camryn Bynum · American football cornerback, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.