Campbell

Meaning: Crooked mouth
Origin: Scottish surname

Boy's name · #764 in the US (2025) · Trending

47% boys · 53% girls — Campbell is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Campbell →

Popularity over time

Campbell is climbing: on the charts since 1881, it is ranked #764 in 2025, with about 340 boys given the name last year. Roughly 6,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#333 in Scotland (2025) · #1,374 in Canada (2025) · #2,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,348 in Ecuador (2024) · #377 in New Zealand (2016) · #3,272 in France (2008) · #307 in N. Ireland (2005).

Famous Campbells

Campbell Scott — American actor and director (born 1961)
Campbell Wright — New Zealand-American biathlete (born 2002)
Campbell Wilson — New Zealand businessman (born 1971)
Campbell Newman — Premier of Queensland from 2012 to 2015 (born 1963)
Campbell Hatton — British boxer (born 2001)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 386,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Naomi Campbell — British model (born 1970)
Kim Campbell — Prime Minister of Canada in 1993 (born 1947)
Joseph Campbell — American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987)

In stories & tradition

Campbell Williams — Operatic character in the opera Cold Sassy Tree; Loma's husband in his 20s

What Campbells become

Among 164 notable people named Campbell:

Military figures appear 2.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Campbell Carmichael, Politician, soldier and accountant in New South Wales, Australia (1871–1953).

Similar names: Jones · Cam · Murphy · Conway · Calum · Calder

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