Boys' name · since 1944
Cabot
287 babies named Cabot in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 287
- born since 1944
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cabot sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 287 recorded since 1944.
Cabot has 287 recorded births among boys since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2024.
- #10,836 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 287 born since 1944
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cabot ranks #10,836 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 287 born since 1944, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 287
- born since 1944
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cabot's 287 recorded births place it above 76.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cabot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cabot's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cabot popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Cabot by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Cabot's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Cabot births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
77 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cabot's data
- Cabot's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cabot: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~80 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cabot draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.