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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

CameronIn Hebrew: קמרון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Cameron (Hebrew: קמרון) is a boy's name of international origin. 34 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

People in Israel
34
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
—
USA, 2025
4,348
rank #76

Writing and saying Cameron

In Hebrew letters the name is קמרון, read right to left. Cameron is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Cameron by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Cameron: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Cameron in English-speaking countries

Cameron in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20254,348#762000 (12,767)
United Kingdom2025329#1761999 (3,978)
England and Wales2025231#2161999 (3,181)
Scotland202592#481999 (699)
Northern Ireland20256#2701999 (98)
Ireland202521#2202007 (75)
British Columbia202324#1441999 (179)
Alberta202532#1461989 (125)
Quebec202515#3122000 (40)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Cameron has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Cameron

How do you write Cameron in Hebrew?

Cameron is written קמרון in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Cameron?

34 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קמרון: 11 women and 23 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Cameron a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 67.6% of the people named קמרון are men.

Is Cameron used outside Israel?

The name Cameron appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 4,348 boys were given it in 2025 (#76), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 329 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.