Recorded 1977–2001 Boys' name Peak 1999 34 births

Cabel — boys' name

34 babies named Cabel in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s51990s182000s6
1990s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Cabel was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

8 babies were named Cabel in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cabel

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Cabel between 1977 and 2001, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cabel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cabel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cabel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cabel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Cabel at a glance

Last recorded 2001

Total births

34

Since 1977

25 years of records

Peak year

1999

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2001

Active since

1977

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2001

Cabel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1977

Last recorded 2001
Peak year (1999)
8
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
456789 200119991998199319861977 5

Cabel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
18 births that decade — 53% of Cabel's all-time total
1970s51980s51990s182000s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cabel?
34 babies have been named Cabel since 1977. It was last recorded in 2001. The peak year was 1999 with 8 births.
When was Cabel most popular?
Cabel was most popular in the 1990s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Cabel been used?
Cabel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 25 years of data through 2001.
What names are similar to Cabel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cabot, Cabe, Cable, Cabell, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.