Cordie

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #5,468
Given to girls 92.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 25 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,064
since 1880

Cordie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #398, 1884peak #1,050, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1993#13,4425
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1990#10,1937
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1981#5,4686
1980#10,3925
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1968#7,0165
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1963#5,8916
1962#4,26310
1961
1960#4,7738
1959#3,82711#2,8219
1958
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#3,77810
1954#3,9679
1953#2,51618
1952#3,7969
1951#3,28411#3,0667
1950#3,6629#2,7708
1949#5,2445
1948#2,97412
1947#4,0078
1946#2,88012
1945#4,0256#2,7437
1944#3,3788#2,8627
1943#2,44714#2,9647
1942#2,41614
1941#2,27214#3,5055
1940
1939#2,30013
1938#2,73010#3,1756
1937#1,63022
1936#2,26313
1935#1,84518
1934#1,44026
1933#1,60622
1932#2,13015
1931#1,75020
1930#1,56925
1929#2,09816
1928#1,68024#3,6976
1927#1,77123
1926#1,48330#3,7086
1925#1,27238#2,9369
1924#1,44033#2,82210
1923#1,73624#3,8226
1922#1,02254#4,3075
1921#1,09248#4,3225
1920#1,15243#3,2088
1919#85866
1918#1,10244#2,8829
1917#1,01348#3,2177
1916#90456#2,38911
1915#90053#2,6219
1914#81751#2,6517
1913#1,02028
1912#90331
1911#76632
1910#72334
1909#70632
1908#70930
1907#62436
1906#63332
1905#63231
1904#54537
1903#57432
1902#61229
1901#68422
1900#53140#1,0507
1899#46739
1898#52036
1897#49734
1896#46738
1895#49934
1894#49433
1893#43638
1892#40144
1891#43034
1890#46831
1889#51624
1888#45829
1887#48921
1886#43924
1885#47020
1884#39825
1883#48016
1882#6349
1881#50311
1880#44914
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cordie was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cordie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1919 (#1,102#858)
  • Biggest drop: 294 spots in 1920 (#858#1,152)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #398 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1912
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,826
  • Highest: 1 in 4,826 girls born in 1892 were named Cordie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #398 in 1884, was only 1 in 5,161 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Cordie (443) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s193#398 (1884)#484
1890s361#401 (1892)#468
1900s321#531 (1900)#625
1910s443#723 (1910)#901
1920s333#1,022 (1922)#1,475
1930s184#1,440 (1934)#1,926
1940s93#2,272 (1941)#3,294
1950s90#2,516 (1953)#3,894
1960s29#4,263 (1962)#5,486
1970s0
1980s5#10,392 (1980)#10,392
1990s12#10,193 (1990)#11,818

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

Cordie in 1897

girls
#497
34 births · 1 in 6,888 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #497Cordie34
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 6,888 of them was named Cordie, which outranked 72.4% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cordie
  1. #491Lue35
  2. #491Melissa35
  3. #491Zoe35
  4. #497Cordie34
  5. #497Dixie34
  6. #497Elda34
  7. #497Elinor34
  8. #509Arline33
  9. #509Celestine33
  10. #509Delphia33

Tied with 11 names at #497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. 688Lupe#1,583#895
  2. 652Carl#1,583#931
  3. 652Dortha#1,583#931
  4. 652Judy#1,583#931
  5. 630Dagmar#1,416#786
Fallers
  1. 848Myrta#707#1,555
  2. 848Ouida#707#1,555
  3. 712Jeanie#843#1,555
  4. 652Orrie#903#1,555
  5. 605Louetta#950#1,555

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897