Cardero — boys' name
23 babies named Cardero in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Cardero was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cardero in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cardero
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Cardero between 1986 and 1990, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cardero currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cardero performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cardero shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cardero 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 23 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.
Cardero at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cardero popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1986
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
23 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 7 births in a single year.
Cardero by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 78% of Cardero's all-time total
Cardero decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cardero's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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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, 1986–1990 (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.