Cardell — #7782 US boys' name
2,362 babies named Cardell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
13% of everyone ever named Cardell was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Cardell in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cardell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,362 babies named Cardell between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cardell currently holds the #7782 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cardell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Cardell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Cardell in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cardell 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 2,362 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.
Cardell at a glance
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Current rank
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Cardell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1989)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #7782 among boys.
2,362 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 41 births in a single year.
Cardell popularity over time — girls
23 total births recorded since 1920 (Cardell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cardell accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cardell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 314 births that decade — 13% of Cardell's all-time total
Cardell decade highlights
- Peak decade 314 births
- Runner-up 310 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cardell's strongest decade
314 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Cardell by state
Where Cardell concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 162 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 71 | 3.0% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 25 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.2% |
162 of 2,362 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 6.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.0% of nationwide
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cardell appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.