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Camden
Say it: KAM-dun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from Campden in Gloucestershire, from Old English camp 'enclosure' and denu 'valley'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 52,534 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 485 boys
- 2,420 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kamden
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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