Kamryn
- Pronunciation
- [Ka-mryn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. Spiritual One.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Kamryn
Kamryn is a modern American spelling variant of Cameron/Camryn (see separate entries on Cameron and Camryn for the Scottish Gaelic cam (crooked) plus sròn (nose) etymology yielding "crooked-nosed" — the historic Cameron clan name). The K-spelling Kamryn is essentially a 21st-century American invention, distinguishing the modern American girls' usage from the historically masculine Cameron.
The various spellings (Kamryn, Camryn, Cameron, Kameron) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Scottish surname. The Kamryn spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking the most-distinctive feminine form. The name has been used predominantly for girls in modern American naming.
Kamryn's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2000 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include American basketball player Kamryn Pinder; various contemporary American influencers; and the contemporary fictional Kamryn of various contemporary novels. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the surname-style sophistication, the in-built Cameron-Scottish heritage, and the modern visual presence with the distinctive K-Y 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), Kammy, and the rare Ryn each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Cameron (the historical spelling), Camryn, Kameron, and Kamryn have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Scottish Gaelic cam + sròn.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kamryn
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Kamryn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2008 with 1,271 girls named Kamryn (girl rank #269 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #556 for girls (544 US births). That's 287 places below its 2008 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 Kamryn Most Popular?
Average girl-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 girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kamryn the strongest states are Hawaii, Louisiana, West Virginia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | #219 | 21 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #223 | 228 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #235 | 51 |
| 4 | Alabama | #278 | 150 |
| 5 | Mississippi | #288 | 103 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #299 | 161 |
| 7 | Georgia | #314 | 325 |
| 8 | Arkansas | #323 | 94 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #336 | 291 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #341 | 116 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #797 | 145 |
| 2 | California | #780 | 340 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #763 | 26 |
| 4 | Colorado | #758 | 56 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #751 | 48 |
| 6 | Arizona | #707 | 78 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #606 | 108 |
| 8 | Illinois | #582 | 166 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #580 | 71 |
| 10 | Michigan | #572 | 143 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kamryn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camren | Crooked Nose. | Male | Irish |
| Camron | Variant Of Cameron Bent Nose. | Male | Scottish |
| Camryn | Bent Nose | Female | Celtic |
| Kamren | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. | Female | English |
| Kamrin | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. | Female | English |
| Kamron | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. | Female | English |
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Compare Kamryn to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kamryn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).