Given name
Kamren
“having a crooked nose”
Kamren is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kamren is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kamren connects to the Cameron name family through Kameron. The Highland surname has a Gaelic background. Some Lowland families may instead have acquired it through a Norman place-name surname.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Kamren connects to the Cameron name family through Kameron. The shared background comes through Cameron: Gaelic cam shron explains the Highland form. A separate proposed route connects some Lowland Camerons with Cambernon in Normandy.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kamren connects to the Cameron name family through Kameron. The history of Cameron gives this family its wider story. The surname is associated with a Highland clan and later became a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kamren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,876
- 4,362 boys · 514 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 251 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,698 for boys · #14,030 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 94% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,698 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 219 in 2008. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,481 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 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kamren
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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