Given name & surname
Kamen
“a joyful child”
Kamen is a variant of Kamin. One Indian interpretation is “a joyful child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kamen is a variant of Kamin. One Indian interpretation is “a joyful child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kamen is a variant of Kamin. An origin associated with Kamin is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kamen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 428
- 428 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,956 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,956 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 525 as a first name in 2020; 884 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kamen
- Kamen GoranovOlympic wrestlerborn 1948
- Kamen HadzhievBulgarian association football playerborn 1991
- Kamen KalevBulgarian film director and screenwriterborn 1975
- Kamen TchanevBulgarian tenor (1964-2020)
- Kamen DonevBulgarian actorborn 1971
- Kamen PetkovBulgarian architect (1863-1947)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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