Kameron

Where Kameron comes from

The dictionaries list Kameron as a given name — a male 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.

Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,216 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1980
    Kameron Hurley born
    American writer
  4. 1997
    Kameron McGusty born
    American basketball player
  5. 2015
    Peak, #245
    1,506 babies named Kameron — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #430.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
Namesakes
  • Kameron Hurley · American writer, born 1980
  • Kameron McGusty · American basketball player, born 1997
  • Kameron Loe · American baseball player, born 1981
  • Kameron Chatman · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Kameron Simmonds · American soccer player, born 2003

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.