Cardell
Cardell was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,052 among boys’ names; 2,394 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,810 Americans named Cardell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 25 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cardell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cardell?
#9,052 among boys’ names, 2025
Cardell fell from #4,419 in 2015 to #9,052 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 4.7 per million.
41 babies in 1989, the peak
Cardell peaked in 1989, when 41 boys were given it, #1,827 among boys’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 20% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,052 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,335 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,598 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,423 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,958 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,987 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,271 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,860 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,497 | 11.6 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,419 | 11.5 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21 | #4,555 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,201 | 12.2 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,908 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,006 | 9.5 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,009 | 13.0 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,299 | 11.6 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,293 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,024 | 12.0 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,886 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,726 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,283 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,048 | 15.7 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,927 | 10.8 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,426 | 12.9 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,548 | 11.7 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,384 | 12.0 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,203 | 12.6 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,756 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,442 | 16.9 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,200 | 11.0 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,691 | 14.0 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,790 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,911 | 11.5 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,408 | 14.4 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,218 | 15.6 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,827 | 20.5 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,766 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,793 | 19.3 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,839 | 17.9 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,731 | 18.9 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,845 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,800 | 8.9 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,120 | 13.8 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,550 | 21.8 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,457 | 11.2 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,755 | 18.6 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,212 | 12.8 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,787 | 17.6 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,679 | 19.8 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,839 | 16.7 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,287 | 11.4 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,404 | 23.1 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,570 | 18.5 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,712 | 15.3 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,622 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,644 | 14.0 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,341 | 19.0 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,577 | 13.8 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,454 | 15.7 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,235 | 20.4 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,658 | 11.5 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,591 | 12.3 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,424 | 14.5 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,885 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,585 | 12.2 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,595 | 11.7 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,321 | 16.0 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,267 | 17.6 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,420 | 14.2 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,185 | 19.4 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,214 | 18.6 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,481 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,350 | 15.9 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,648 | 11.2 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,400 | 15.1 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,510 | 13.5 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,350 | 16.5 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,365 | 15.9 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,384 | 16.0 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,450 | 15.6 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,001 | 9.5 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,846 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,279 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,767 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,438 | 19.0 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,639 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,698 | 15.3 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,946 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,193 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,556 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,145 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,569 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,666 | 8.6 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,223 | 11.5 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,464 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,466 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,685 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,724 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,763 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,773 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,675 | 9.7 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,050 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,569 | 6.4 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,991 | 8.5 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,401 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,175 | 13.8 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,573 | 10.8 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,573 | 11.2 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,901 | 5.9 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,686 | 10.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cardell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cardell has been given almost only to boys: 23 girls in 110 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cardell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cardell, and how old are they?
1,810 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 2,394 Americans ever recorded as Cardell. The median Cardell alive today is 41 years old; half are between 25 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 1,375 people named Cardell (59 women and girls, 1,316 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,875 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 51 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 357 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 393 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 458 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 382 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 171 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cardell born?
The states with the most babies named Cardell are Louisiana, Illinois and California, with 78% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 162 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Illinois | 71 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 27 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 25 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arkansas | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Cardell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cardell is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1914 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cardell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,535 babies since 1880, Cardell is the most given (94% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cardell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cardell and names like it
- Compare Cardell and KardellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sCardell peaked in 1989.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cardell since 1910.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Cardell.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Cardell alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.