Recorded 2005–2017 Boys' name Peak 2012 134 births

Cadel — boys' name

134 babies named Cadel in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s542010s80
2010s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Cadel was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

19 babies were named Cadel in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cadel

The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Cadel between 2005 and 2017, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cadel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cadel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cadel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cadel 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 134 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.

Cadel at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

134

Since 2005

13 years of records

Peak year

2012

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2005

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 2017

Cadel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2005

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
19
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
05101520 201720152014201320122011201020092008200720062005 6

Cadel by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
80 births that decade — 60% of Cadel's all-time total
2000s542010s80

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cadel?
134 babies have been named Cadel since 2005. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2012 with 19 births.
When was Cadel most popular?
Cadel was most popular in the 2010s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Cadel been used?
Cadel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 13 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Cadel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Caden, Cade, Cadence, Cadyn, and 4 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, 2005–2017 (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.