A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Camden
bleacher · turnpike · twenty-tens
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from an English place name meaning the valley with the camp or enclosure. Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, gave his title to neighborhoods and cities from London to New Jersey. American birth rolls barely registered the name until the late 1990s, when parents turned place-name surnames into the dominant sound of the playground.
Also answers toCam
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1915–2025
SSA Data 1915 peak: 4,018 souls, A.D. 2013 2025
2025: 1,873 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
13 yrs
Most Camdens were born around 2013 — has never once waited for a photo to develop.
Peak Reign
2013
№99 that year
Generation
Gen Alpha, 58%
then Gen Z 39% · Millennial 3%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈63K ever born · now falling
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Camden grew up with
SSA DataTikTok·Roblox·Zoom school
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Camden peaked in 2013.
Estimated average age: 13.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Camden sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
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Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Camden sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Camden. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as an eighth grader stepping onto a soccer pitch with a numbered water bottle. It carries the unmistakable polish of the early 2010s suburban nursery boom. Over half of all living bearers are in middle school or younger. Almost no one with this name remembers the world before touchscreens.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The average Camden in America is about thirteen years old.
Field Note 02
Gen Alpha and Gen Z make up roughly ninety-seven percent of all living holders.
Field Note 03
The name cracked the national top one hundred only once, in 2013, before gently losing ground.
Notable Camdens
AI-WrittenCamden Pulkinenfigure skater, b. 2000
Ephemera — If Camden were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Frisco, Texas
Color
Turf green
Job
Youth league referee
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