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Cabot

Boy · KAB-ut · French

Cabot is a boys' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Cabot mean?

French: Norman surname; also the family name of Italian explorer Caboto

Recalls explorer John Cabot, who reached North America in 1497, and the Cabots, a prominent old Boston family.

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KAB-ut

Is Cabot a girl's or a boy's name?

Cabot is a boys' name.

How popular is Cabot in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.

Half of all the boys named Cabot in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1944Busiest: 29 in 20042024
Cabot in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20230–
20220–
20217#9,709
20200–
20190–
20185#12,150
20170–
20167#9,659
20158#8,739
20140–
20130–
20129#8,152
20117#9,593
20100–
200910#7,687
200811#7,182
200710#7,586
200616#5,299
200521#4,193
200429#3,281
20030–
20028#7,636
20010–
200012#5,581
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19945#8,794
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19899#5,158
19887#5,745
19877#5,453
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19795#6,054
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19699#3,061
19688#3,106
19675#3,964
19668#2,985
19650–
19640–
196311#2,538
196210#2,671
196114#2,241
196012#2,421
19590–
19585#3,942
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19446#3,108

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