How Many People Are Named Cable?
An estimated 166 people in the United States have the first name Cable. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Cable peaked in popularity in 2019 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cable as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cable paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
166
About 1 in 2,064,785 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2019
16 births
Total Registered
170
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cable
Cable is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 170 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cable as a male name
Ranked #8,863 in 2020
8 male births in 2020
Peak: 2019 (16 births)
Cable: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cable span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 68 babies were registered. Cable has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cable by Decade
How has Cable tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cable + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cable as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cable
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cable: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cable?
We estimate approximately 166 people named Cable are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,064,785 Americans share this first name.
Is Cable a common name?
Cable is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 170 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cable most popular?
Cable reached peak popularity in 2019, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cable is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cable a male name?
Cable is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cable Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cable Smith, Cable Johnson, Cable Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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