Camren is a respelling of Cameron, the Scottish clan name from the Gaelic cam sròn, "crooked nose", originally a chief's nickname. The -ren spelling was one of several that flourished in the United States while Cameron was a top 50 name. Camren stood at number 862 in 2000, peaked at number 581 in 2006 and has slipped out of the top 1,000, ranking number 2,723 in 2025 with 47 births.