Mostly girls · peaked in 2008
Kamryn name popularity since 1925
30,204 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kamryn (82.1% girls, 17.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2010 or earlier, so the typical Kamryn is about 16 years old in 2026. Kamryn peaked in 2008 as the #269 name for girls, and it ranked #556 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,204
- Named Kamryn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #556
- for girls in 2025 (544 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 82.1% girls
- 24,809 girls · 5,395 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Kamryn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kamryn births per year, 1925–2025
2008 was the biggest year for Kamryn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Kamryn became 4.3× more common, from 1 in 8,970 baby girls to 1 in 2,070.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Kamryn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kamryn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kamryn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 21 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 92 | 6 | #11,447 |
| 1990s | 1,918 | 220 | #1,847 |
| 2000s | 10,672 | 1,387 | #275 |
| 2010s | 8,517 | 2,576 | #364 |
| 2020–25 | 3,589 | 1,206 | #556 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
57.7% of babies named Kamryn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Kamryn is most popular
The index compares Kamryn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kamryn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.44× | 1,224 |
| Utah | 1.78× | 424 |
| Georgia | 1.74× | 1,343 |
| Maryland | 1.63× | 692 |
| South Carolina | 1.57× | 614 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kamryn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kamryn (this page) | 24,809 | 2008 |
| Camryn | 30,959 | 1999 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kamryn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kamryn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kamryn (2008).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data