Cable
#12,581 most common boys' name of all time · #32,345 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2020
Rank among boys
#12,581
Rank overall
#32,345 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
170
Since 2016
36
Peak year
2019 #5,654
Best rank
#3,453 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Cable first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,945 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,654 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,063 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,142 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,844 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,937 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,735 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,011 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,060 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,328 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,925 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,243 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,120 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,595 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,728 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,527 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,332 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,783 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,792 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,400 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,671 |
| 1976 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,453 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,788 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,605 |