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Campbell

girls’ name · 54%boys’ name · 46%Steady · modern nameCompare

Campbell is ranked 951st among girls in 2024 (273 births). Its best rank was 663rd, in 2006.

Rank in 2024
#951outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2730.02% of girls
Peak year
2006435 births
Best rank
#663in 2006
Since 1989
12,703people given the name
Babies named Campbell, by year of birthgirlsboys
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

6,826 girls have been named Campbell in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 435 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2000s alone account for 43%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Campbell is used for both sexes: 46% of its bearers are boys (5,877), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Campbell
1980s5
1990s250
2000s2,957
2010s2,522
2020s1,092

In 2006, its biggest year

Campbell was the 663rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.

Names that rose and fell with Campbell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.