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Campbell

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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#338 in Scotland (2025) · #2,036 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,397 in Canada (2024).

Famous Campbells

• Campbell Scott — Canadian American actor and film director (born 1961)
• Campbell Stewart — New Zealand cyclist
• Campbell Wright — New Zealand and American biathlete and cross-country skier
• Campbell Walsh — Scottish slalom canoeist
• Campbell Flakemore — Australian bicycle racer

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 ubermodel
• Kim Campbell — 19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993
• Joseph Campbell — American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)

In stories & tradition

• Campbell Williams — Cold Sassy Tree (musical stage work)

What Campbells become

Among 164 notable people named Campbell:

Military figures appear 2.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Campbell Carmichael, Australian politician (1871–1953).

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

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