Given name & surname
Cameo
“a small, perfect child”
Cameo is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a small, perfect child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a small, perfect child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cameo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,719
- 218 boys · 1,501 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 34% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 68 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,486 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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