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How popular is the name Campbell?
Births per year, rank history and how many Campbells are alive today.
Campbell (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 32 babies were given the name, the 717th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak. Campbell is one spelling of a name also recorded as Cambell; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Campbell you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Campbells born in England and Wales are between 15 and 30, and there are at least 720 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Campbell - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Campbell.
How many babies are named Campbell each year?
Includes all spellings: Campbell, Cambell. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Campbell spelling rank?
Where does the Cambell spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Campbell most popular?
Campbell peaked in 2004, when 32 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Campbell?
At least 720 people named Campbell in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Campbell?
Most living Campbells are between 15 and 30; the most common age is about 21.
Is Campbell becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.