Kamden
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Winding Valley. Form Of Camden.
- Origin
- Scottish
About the Name Kamden
Kamden is a modern American spelling variant of Camden (see separate entry on Camden for the Old English etymology — meaning "winding valley," composed of cam (crooked, curved) plus denu (valley)). The K-spelling Kamden is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The two spellings (Kamden and Camden) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Old English place-name — referring originally to the historic London neighborhood of Camden (now Camden Town and Camden Borough). The Kamden spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form. The name has been used predominantly for boys in modern American naming.
Kamden's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include American basketball player Kamden Miller; the contemporary fictional Kamden of various contemporary novels; and various contemporary American social media influencers. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the surname/place-name sophistication, the popular two-syllable -den ending family (Kamden, Aiden, Caden, Hayden), and the modern visual presence with the K-spelling. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames Kam (the dominant short form, casual and warm) and the rare Den each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Camden (the historical spelling), Kamden, and Camdyn have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Old English cam + denu.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kamden
US Popularity History (2004–2025)
Annual US births named Kamden by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2013 with 899 boys named Kamden (boy rank #353 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #718 for boys (375 US births). That's 365 places below its 2013 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kamden Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kamden the strongest states are Kentucky, West Virginia, Nebraska.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | #294 | 170 |
| 2 | West Virginia | #301 | 40 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #311 | 53 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | #317 | 136 |
| 5 | Alabama | #326 | 158 |
| 6 | Idaho | #334 | 46 |
| 7 | Georgia | #342 | 313 |
| 8 | Ohio | #350 | 307 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #359 | 75 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #375 | 290 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #1,083 | 111 |
| 2 | New York | #858 | 95 |
| 3 | Colorado | #648 | 76 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #640 | 74 |
| 5 | Arizona | #636 | 78 |
| 6 | Texas | #610 | 442 |
| 7 | Oregon | #600 | 36 |
| 8 | Illinois | #570 | 178 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #560 | 163 |
| 10 | Florida | #551 | 272 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kamden in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Kamden to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kamden against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).