Cam
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning crooked; from Scottish cam or diminutive of Cameron.
Babies a year
107
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Cam by the numbers
Cam was given to 107 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Cameron
Like Cam, each of these traces back to Cameron: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Cameroncrooked nose6,499 in the US (2017)
- Kameroncrooked nose; modern spelling of Cameron1,379 in the US (2017)
- Kamryncrooked nose; a spelling variant of Cameron1,010 in the US (2017)
- Camryncrooked nose; a modern respelling of Cameron881 in the US (2017)
- Camroncrooked nose; a modern spelling variant of Cameron203 in the US (2017)
- Kamroncrooked nose; spelling variant of Cameron195 in the US (2017)
- Camrencrooked river; modern spelling variant of Cameron168 in the US (2017)
- Kamrencrooked nose; a spelling variant of Cameron157 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cam. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cam
Names that are said the same way as Cam, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.