Camryn
- Pronunciation
- [Ca-mryn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Bent Nose
- Origin
- Celtic
About the Name Camryn
Camryn is a modern American spelling variant of Cameron (see separate entry on Cameron for the Scottish Gaelic cam (crooked) plus sròn (nose) etymology yielding "crooked-nosed" — the historic Cameron clan name). The Cam-ryn spelling Camryn is essentially a 1990s American invention, distinguishing the feminine usage from the historically masculine Cameron.
The various spellings (Camryn, Cameron, Camron, Kamryn) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Scottish surname. The Camryn spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive feminine form. The name's American naming surge for girls began through the 1990s.
Camryn has been used predominantly for girls in modern American naming. The name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 1995 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include American actress Camryn Manheim (using the alternate Camryn spelling, born 1961, the iconic American Emmy-winning actress of The Practice); contemporary American actress Camryn Grimes; and the contemporary American basketball player Camryn Mahaffey. 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 Y-spelling. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as both classical-Scottish and contemporary American. Common nicknames Cam (the dominant short form, casual and warm — also a popular standalone name on its own), Cammy, and the rare Ryn each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Cameron (the historical spelling), Camryn, Camren, 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 Camryn
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Camryn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,753 girls named Camryn (girl rank #185 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #477 for girls (644 US births). That's 292 places below its 2000 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 Camryn 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 Camryn the strongest states are South Dakota, Hawaii, West Virginia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | #188 | 18 |
| 2 | Hawaii | #211 | 15 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #250 | 35 |
| 4 | Nebraska | #302 | 60 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #305 | 155 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #317 | 140 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #322 | 236 |
| 8 | Ohio | #325 | 329 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #328 | 325 |
| 10 | Maryland | #330 | 161 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #640 | 491 |
| 2 | Utah | #637 | 24 |
| 3 | Arizona | #565 | 111 |
| 4 | Washington | #552 | 119 |
| 5 | Oregon | #548 | 27 |
| 6 | New York | #532 | 302 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #517 | 93 |
| 8 | Texas | #493 | 616 |
| 9 | Colorado | #490 | 107 |
| 10 | Indiana | #479 | 134 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Camryn 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 |
| Kamren | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. | Female | English |
| Kamron | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. | Female | English |
| Kamryn | Modern Variant Of Cameron Used For Girls. Spiritual One. | Female | English |
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Compare Camryn to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Camryn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).