Recorded 2000–2015 Boys' name Peak 2004 18 births

Cervantes — boys' name

18 babies named Cervantes in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s122010s6
2000s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Cervantes was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

7 babies were named Cervantes in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cervantes

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Cervantes between 2000 and 2015, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cervantes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cervantes performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cervantes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cervantes 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 18 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.

Cervantes at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

18

Since 2000

16 years of records

Peak year

2004

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2000

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2015

Cervantes popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2000

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Cervantes by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
12 births that decade — 67% of Cervantes's all-time total
2000s122010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cervantes?
18 babies have been named Cervantes since 2000. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2004 with 7 births.
When was Cervantes most popular?
Cervantes was most popular in the 2000s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Cervantes been used?
Cervantes has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 16 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Cervantes?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cervando, Cerrone, Cergio, Cerone, 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, 2000–2015 (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.