Campbell is one of the great Scottish clan names, from the Gaelic cam beul, which means "crooked mouth", a nickname for an ancestor with a wry smile or a crooked way of speaking. American parents have taken it up as a tailored surname name for girls, in the style of Sloane and Blair. Campbell sat in the 1100s for a decade, entered the top 1000 for girls in 2024 and reached number 617 in 2025, its highest rank yet.