Cordell
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 387 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,840since 1904
Cordell over time
Rank among boys' names. Cordell has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,976 | 77 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,133 | 69 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,803 | 89 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,839 | 87 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,870 | 82 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,716 | 90 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,899 | 78 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,762 | 87 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,402 | 125 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,491 | 114 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,346 | 130 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,414 | 119 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,361 | 124 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,478 | 109 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,331 | 127 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,263 | 138 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,008 | 195 | |
| 2008 | — | #786 | 279 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,102 | 165 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,224 | 137 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,245 | 127 | |
| 2004 | — | #991 | 167 | |
| 2003 | — | #946 | 173 | |
| 2002 | — | #868 | 189 | |
| 2001 | — | #720 | 244 | |
| 2000 | — | #639 | 285 | |
| 1999 | — | #570 | 343 | |
| 1998 | — | #531 | 387 | |
| 1997 | — | #581 | 318 | |
| 1996 | — | #595 | 302 | |
| 1995 | — | #631 | 267 | |
| 1994 | — | #710 | 216 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,055 | 110 | |
| 1992 | — | #917 | 133 | |
| 1991 | — | #809 | 163 | |
| 1990 | — | #748 | 184 | |
| 1989 | — | #767 | 167 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #588 | 249 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #563 | 257 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #608 | 215 |
| 1985 | — | #1,181 | 63 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,190 | 59 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,075 | 68 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,107 | 68 | |
| 1981 | — | #954 | 89 | |
| 1980 | — | #996 | 82 | |
| 1979 | — | #960 | 85 | |
| 1978 | — | #927 | 87 | |
| 1977 | — | #937 | 82 | |
| 1976 | — | #933 | 80 | |
| 1975 | — | #800 | 108 | |
| 1974 | — | #841 | 91 | |
| 1973 | — | #874 | 83 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,069 | 57 | |
| 1971 | — | #904 | 81 | |
| 1970 | — | #881 | 84 | |
| 1969 | — | #822 | 88 | |
| 1968 | — | #861 | 71 | |
| 1967 | — | #867 | 68 | |
| 1966 | — | #860 | 71 | |
| 1965 | — | #777 | 90 | |
| 1964 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1963 | — | #961 | 61 | |
| 1962 | — | #912 | 69 | |
| 1961 | — | #967 | 63 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,186 | 42 | |
| 1957 | — | #995 | 58 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,071 | 50 | |
| 1955 | — | #792 | 85 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #883 | 63 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #960 | 52 | |
| 1949 | — | #935 | 55 | |
| 1948 | — | #963 | 52 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1946 | — | #925 | 52 | |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #769 | 66 | |
| 1943 | — | #897 | 55 | |
| 1942 | — | #867 | 57 | |
| 1941 | — | #751 | 68 | |
| 1940 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1939 | — | #805 | 57 | |
| 1938 | — | #883 | 50 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #885 | 49 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | — | #1,259 | 32 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | — | #1,329 | 31 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cordell! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cordell
- 157 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #1,976)
- 260 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #1,976)
- 630 spots since 2015 (#1,346 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 573 spots in 1986 (#1,181 → #608)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1956 (#792 → #1,071)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1998 at #531 (387 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1961–1971
- Highest: 1 in 4,939 boys born in 1998 were named Cordell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.4% of all boys named Cordell (2,423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,145 |
| 1910s | 167 | #1,159 (1919) | #1,481 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,180 (1920) | #1,529 |
| 1930s | 366 | #805 (1939) | #1,134 |
| 1940s | 579 | #697 (1940) | #874 |
| 1950s | 560 | #792 (1955) | #995 |
| 1960s | 702 | #777 (1965) | #907 |
| 1970s | 838 | #800 (1975) | #913 |
| 1980s | 1,317 | #563 (1987) | #903 |
| 1990s | 2,423 | #531 (1998) | #715 |
| 2000s | 1,961 | #639 (2000) | #953 |
| 2010s | 1,151 | #1,263 (2010) | #1,475 |
| 2020s | 494 | #1,716 (2020) | #1,890 |
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.
Cordell in 1933
Top girls' names in 1933
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
girls
1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 201,586 of them was named Cordell, which outranked 13.2% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 640 names at #4,218; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 20,235 of them was named Cordell, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #875Meredith50
- #875Oneal50
- #875Pearl50
- #885Cordell49
- #885Antone49
- #885Ardell49
- #885Chauncey49
- #895Armond48
- #895Aurelio48
- #895Carmelo48
Tied with 9 names at #885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.