Cable
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-bul
- Origin
- English
Cable is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “strong rope”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cable mean?
English: English word and surname, from Latin capulum 'rope'
“strong rope”
Transferred use of the English surname Cable, from the word for a strong rope or wire.
Is Cable a girl's or a boy's name?
Cable is a boys' name.
How popular is Cable in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Cable in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cable in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Cable
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cable: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cable, updated 20 October 2026.