Cambry
Feminine
Cambry is a surname-shaped name with no surname behind it: a Cam- opening that Cameron and Camden already made familiar, and a -bry ending borrowed from Aubrey and Bryn. It has the crisp two-syllable shape that American families have been giving daughters for thirty years.
How old is the name Cambry?
Cambry first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Cambry alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 800 people named Cambry are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cambry most popular?
Cambry peaked in 2014, reaching #3272 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 1,486 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cambry
American families have spent thirty years giving daughters names that sound like surnames, because surnames read as capable rather than decorative: Riley, Peyton, Emerson, Quinn. Cambry is that instinct working without a real surname to draw on. Its opening is shared with Cameron and Camryn, its ending with Aubrey, and the two together produce something that could easily have come off a nineteenth-century map of England. It did not, but it wears the shape convincingly, and the shape is what the parents who choose it are after.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented. Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, is often given as a source and cannot be shown; nor can the French city of Cambrai, which the English word cambric comes from. Cambry behaves like a modern American assembly rather than a descendant of either.
Pronouncing Cambry
KAM-bree
Two syllables, stress in front. The mb is said as it looks; nothing in the name is silent.
Nicknames for Cambry
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
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 201449 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3272reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +75.0%28 in 2025, from 16
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.
Cambry in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Cambrys among us
people named Cambry are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Cambry
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cambry
- #4758
- Cambry on the 2025 chart
- #833
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cambry went to 28 girls in 2025, but Cambri, Kambri and Kambry are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 127, which makes it the 833rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,925 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 12,656 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Cambry 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 Drucella test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cambry's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Drucella climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Drucella's path sketches the road Cambry is walking now.
Cambry 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 Cambry is headed
Cambry should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Cambry beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cambry in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Cam is a ready short form and works at every age.
- The surname shape gives it a professional look on paper.
- It is genuinely rare while every sound in it is ordinary.
- Cambrie, Cambree and Cambry are all in use, so the spelling will be repeated often.
- Camryn and Cambry are close enough to be confused in speech.
- It has no history behind it, so a curious child will find only the pattern.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cambrys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Cambry are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cambry?
- Cambry is one of 4 recorded spellings. Cambri is the more common one — 53 births in 2025 against 28 for Cambry.
- How popular is the name Cambry in 2025?
- Cambry ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cambry?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Cambry — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cambry with classmates?
- Cambry will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Cambry
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