Kartel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kar-TEL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kartel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kartel mean?
Modern: probably a respelling of the word cartel
Sounds the same as cartel, a word strongly associated with drug-trafficking gangs.
Is Kartel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kartel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kartel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Kartel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Kartel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kartel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Kartel in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kartel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
Names like Kartel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Alfie, Kylo, Theo, Axel, Jax, Kayden, Finley, Krishiv, Oakley, Jenson, Kyro
Names related to Kartel
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kartel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kartel, updated 20 October 2026.