Masculine dossier · first seen 1972

Cable

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2019

Peak era

2019

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen Alpha

Quick answers about Cable

An estimated 166 living Americans are named Cable.

Cable fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Cable is approximately 21 years, with most bearers falling between 11 and 31 years old.

Not especially. Cable has been declining since its 2019 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

1972Peak 20192025

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

170

Cable last appeared in SSA records in 2020. Across its recorded history, about 170 American boys received the name.

Cable peaked in 2019, when 16 boys were given the name.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 170 Americans named Cable since 1972.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen Alpha

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2019

Living profile

166

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age21

Core range11–36

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.