Cambria
Feminine · “land of the fellow countrymen”
Cambria is the Latin name for Wales, and it comes from what the Welsh call themselves — Cymru, the fellow countrymen.
How old is the name Cambria?
Cambria first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Cambria alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 6,100 people named Cambria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cambria most popular?
Cambria peaked in 2012, reaching #932 nationally. Today it ranks #1990, 1,058 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From combrogi to Cambria
The story of Cambria
The Welsh call themselves the fellow countrymen and the English called them the foreigners — two names for the same people from two directions, and the difference is the whole history in miniature. The Cambrian geological period is named for Wales, where its rocks were first studied. Cambria appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
land of the fellow countrymen
From the Welsh Cymru, which descends from a Brythonic combrogi, 'fellow countrymen' — a people naming themselves for their kinship. Latin made Cambria from it. 'Wales' is what the English called them, from a Germanic word for foreigners. The contrast is documented.
How the name formed
- combrogi
- Cymru
- Cambria
Related forms: Cymru · Cambria · Cambrie
Pronouncing Cambria
KAM-bree-uh
Three syllables, stress on the first. Welsh Cymru is KUM-ree.
Nicknames for Cambria
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1963
- Most girls named
- 2012275 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #932reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −20.7%96 in 2025, from 121
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cambria in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cymru in Welsh — related form
- Cambria in Latin — same name
- Cambrie in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Cambrias among us
people named Cambria are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,742 born in 2025 was named Cambria
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cambria
- #1990
- Cambria on the 2025 chart
- #849
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cambria went to 96 girls in 2025, but Kambria is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 111, which makes it the 849th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,141 places above the chart.
- Cambria96
- Kambria15
About 1 girl in 14,480 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,742 for Cambria itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Somer test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cambria's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Somer climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Somer's path sketches the road Cambria is walking now.
Cambria sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Cambria is headed
Cambria is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Cambria beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cambria in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a people named themselves for kinship while their neighbors called them foreigners is a first-rate fact.
- A whole geological period is named for the place.
- Cam and Bria are two short forms, both with real currency.
- It is a country name and reads as one.
- Cambria and Cambrie are close enough to cause confusion.
- It is rare enough to be asked about constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cambrias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,100 people named Cambria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cambria?
- Cambria is the most-used spelling in US records — 96 of the 111 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kambria.
- How popular is the name Cambria in 2025?
- Cambria ranks #1990 among US girl names in 2025, with 96 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cambria?
- About 1 in every 16,742 US girls born in 2025 was named Cambria — 96 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cambria with classmates?
- Cambria will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Cambria
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