Cord
#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 100 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,842since 1920
Cord over time
Rank among boys' names. Cord has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #3,014 | 38 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #2,082 | 39 |
| 1993 | #1,620 | 55 |
| 1992 | #1,677 | 51 |
| 1991 | #1,130 | 94 |
| 1990 | #1,058 | 100 |
| 1989 | #1,154 | 84 |
| 1988 | #1,223 | 69 |
| 1987 | #1,114 | 74 |
| 1986 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #1,179 | 45 |
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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.
Where Cord is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,072 · 1 in 26,934
Best ever in a state: #178 in Montana, 1990.
Show every state
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| California | #1,072 | 6 | 1 in 26,934 |
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See more about Cord
- 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)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1990 at #1,058 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 27.4% of all boys named Cord (504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 6 | #3,815 (1920) | #3,815 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 185 | #1,179 (1961) | #2,010 |
| 1970s | 176 | #1,378 (1971) | #2,607 |
| 1980s | 346 | #1,114 (1987) | #2,629 |
| 1990s | 504 | #1,058 (1990) | #2,024 |
| 2000s | 212 | #3,534 (2004) | #4,210 |
| 2010s | 298 | #2,678 (2012) | #3,781 |
| 2020s | 115 | #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.
Cord in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 46,538 of them was named Cord, which outranked 75.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,352Sven39
- #1,352Talmadge39
- #1,352Virgilio39
- #1,378Cord38
- #1,378Addison38
- #1,378Blas38
- #1,378Daryll38
- #1,400Darek37
- #1,400Demarcus37
- #1,400Dondi37
Tied with 21 names at #1,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.