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Origin & history of Cartel1
Modern American roots
Cartel comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Criminal organization or group" | Formal: "Illicit commercial syndicate or consortium".
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How popular is Cartel?
2013
peak year
The name Cartel reached its peak in 2013, with 14 registrations (ranked #5976). It had only entered records 15 years earlier, in 1998. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #8191) today, averaging about 10 new babies per year. Cartel has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 134 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
14
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #5,976)
(ranked #5,976)
10
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
100
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
134
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Cartel5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
🌍Adventurous
🦋Free spirit
🎭Adaptable
💬Magnetic
C3
A1
R9
T2
E5
L3
Sum: 23 → Life path 5
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Personality of Cartel🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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