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Kardell

Gender
Boy
Say it
kar-DEL
Origin
Modern

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

Where does Kardell come from?

Modern: spelling of Cardell; probably Car- + Dell, or a form of the surname Cordell

Meaning borrowed from Cardell.

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

Kardell is a boys' name.

How popular is Kardell in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.

Half of all the boys named Kardell in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1986Busiest: 15 in 20092024
Kardell in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20230–
20220–
20215#12,141
20200–
20196#10,797
20185#12,150
20170–
20166#10,739
20159#8,035
20140–
20139#8,113
20128#8,858
20110–
20108#8,797
200915#5,796
20086#11,030
20070–
20067#9,579
20050–
20045#11,348
20030–
20026#9,385
20010–
20000–
19990–
19985#9,623
19975#9,259
19960–
19956#7,785
19945#8,794
19930–
19925#8,426
19915#8,228
19900–
19890–
19880–
19875#6,945
19865#6,715

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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, “Kardell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kardell, updated 20 October 2026.