Camden

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Camden: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Camden: Recorded since 1996, it reached #711 in 2013, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#711highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2017	#4763
2019	#3541
2022	#3533
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2013: #711 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #821 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Camden appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 381 births with the name.

Camden across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Camden's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#821 (2013)	#1675 (2024)	28 of 29	381 (1996–2024)	37 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2011)	#3533 (2022)	#5891 (2024)	5 of 14	22 (2011–2024)	6 (2019)

Camden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Camden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	71	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	219	10 of 10	22
2020s	75	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Camden appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #711 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Camden's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #711, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Enrique · #711, 27y
Etienne · #711, 29y
Giacomo · #711, 29y
Ricco · #711, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Enrique · #711, 27y
Etienne · #711, 29y
Giacomo · #711, 29y
Hamdan · #711, 22y

Camden was ranked #711 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Camden and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Camden without appearing here.

Camden moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1363 and #4107.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.
Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Camden

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #2023.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Camden

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Camden went from #2357 to #1363 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Camden went from #2357 to #1363 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Camden went from #2357 to #1363 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Camden went from #2357 to #1121 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Camden

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Camden went from #3589 to #1675 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #711 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Camden

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Camden across 2 official records

Camden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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