Cord

#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births

Peak · boys
1990 · 100 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,842
since 1920

Cord over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cord has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,058, 1990boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,70721
2024#5,06719
2023#4,88620
2022#4,30324
2021#6,33513
2020#5,04118
2019#4,95119
2018#4,61021
2017#4,74620
2016#4,19924
2015#3,68429
2014#3,89126
2013#3,33932
2012#2,67845
2011#2,69944
2010#3,01438
2009#4,74820
2008#4,71420
2007#4,80819
2006#5,30316
2005#4,19821
2004#3,53426
2003#3,73223
2002#3,55424
2001#3,97420
2000#3,53623
1999#3,18225
1998#2,65131
1997#2,61330
1996#2,01743
1995#2,21036
1994#2,08239
1993#1,62055
1992#1,67751
1991#1,13094
1990#1,058100
1989#1,15484
1988#1,22369
1987#1,11474
1986#1,49345
1985#4,05210
1984#4,5528
1983#3,41112
1982#3,69211
1981#2,49619
1980#3,09814
1979#2,56818
1978#4,1578
1977#2,36119
1976#3,09512
1975#2,90213
1974#2,79913
1973#1,65328
1972#2,53414
1971#1,37838
1970#2,62113
1969#2,41513
1968#1,61424
1967#1,65222
1966#1,89117
1965#1,80619
1964#3,6016
1963#2,41412
1962#1,51527
1961#1,17945
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five boys were named Cord! It came in at #3,815, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Cord
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 360 spots since 2024 (#5,067#4,707)
  • 334 spots since 2020 (#5,041#4,707)
  • 1,023 spots since 2015 (#3,684#4,707)
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1990 at #1,058 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,540
  • Highest: 1 in 20,540 boys born in 1990 were named Cord (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.4% of all boys named Cord (504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#3,815 (1920)#3,815
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s185#1,179 (1961)#2,010
1970s176#1,378 (1971)#2,607
1980s346#1,114 (1987)#2,629
1990s504#1,058 (1990)#2,024
2000s212#3,534 (2004)#4,210
2010s298#2,678 (2012)#3,781
2020s115#4,303 (2022)#5,057

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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