Campbell
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Campbell
The seventh most popular surname in Scotland and an alternative to Camryn, Cameron, and Camila, Campbell is a cool, contemporary unisex choice — a no-frills sort of name that nevertheless offers feminine nicknames like Cammie and Belle. It was one of the fastest rising choices in 2025, rising 338 places up the charts for girls, and 159 for boys.
Campbell for girls#617 US
Traditionally used for as a masculine (given) name — and still used as such in the UK — it first started appearing in the US stats for girls in the late-80s. By the 2000s, it began to lean more feminine, perhaps owing to the journalist and TV news correspondent Campbell Brown (born Alma), who began appearing on TV around the same period.
As a surname, Campbell is connected to philosopher-writer Joseph, singer Glen, actress Neve, model Naomi, GB Shaw muse Mrs. Patrick, and to Andy Warhol's soup cans — and the soup company more generally.
Derived from a Scottish nickname, it means "crooked or wry mouth", though if you strongly dislike this meaning, it has additionally been written as de bello campo in Latin documents, giving it the more pleasant meaning "of the fair field".
Occasionally spelled as Cambell too, Campbell ranked as a gender neutral choice in a recent year, featuring in the Top 1000 for both boys and girls. Given to 337 boys and 474 girls, it is split 42:58.
Campbell for boys#764 US
The seventh most common surname in Scotland, for a time associated only with soup company and the Andy Warhol's iconic painting, Campbell is once again being considered as an accessible but rarer alternative to Cameron in the US. Traditionally given as a masculine first name in the 20th-century — and still used as such in the UK — it is now a unisex choice in the States. In fact, 2025 saw it appear as one of the fastest rising names across the board, climbing 338 places for girls and 159 for boys.
Derived from a Scottish nickname, Campbell means "crooked mouth", though a slightly more favorable spin is "wry mouth" which could imply a sense of dry humor (or a disgusted expression). Still put off by those? In Latin, the name has been represented as de bello campo with the more pleasant and nature-connected meaning "of the fair field".
Campbell was a Top 100 choice in Scotland until the mid-1970s, while in England and Wales, it was familiar until the mid-2000s. In the US, it has been appearing in the stats for boys since the 1880s, but wasmore popular for girls in the 2000s, likely thanks to news reporter and journalist, Campbell Brown. In 2024 it re-entered the field as a unisex choice and the latest data saw it split 42:58, making it statistically gender-neutral.
With cool-but-gentle nickname Cam, Campbell has a similar feel to Bellamy, Emerson, Finley, or Hollis.
Pronounced KAM-bul.
As of October 2026, Campbell ranked #617 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,075 | 238 | #1,104 | 173 |
| 2015 | #1,132 | 225 | #1,290 | 138 |
| 2016 | #1,119 | 226 | #1,097 | 179 |
| 2017 | #1,124 | 223 | #1,091 | 179 |
| 2018 | #1,193 | 200 | #1,193 | 159 |
| 2019 | #1,233 | 190 | #1,296 | 143 |
| 2020 | #1,189 | 195 | #1,166 | 165 |
| 2021 | #1,162 | 210 | #1,045 | 205 |
| 2022 | #1,219 | 198 | #1,034 | 214 |
| 2023 | #1,127 | 216 | #1,029 | 212 |
| 2024 | #951 | 273 | #922 | 251 |
| 2025 | #617 | 474 | #764 | 337 |
World rankings
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Variations & nicknames
- CambellBoy