Given name & surname
Kam
“having a crooked nose”
Kam is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kam is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,353
- 968 boys · 385 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,477 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,477 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,081 as a first name in 2020; 3,782 as a surname 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 · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kam
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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