Cordell

Where Cordell comes from

Cordell hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1871
    Cordell Hull born
    American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944
  2. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,064 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1904
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1998
    Peak, #531
    387 babies named Cordell — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2000
    Cordell Tinch born
    American athlete
  6. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #868.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Cordell Hull · American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944, 1871–1955
  • Cordell Tinch · American athlete, born 2000
  • Cordell Cato · Trinidadian footballer, born 1992
  • Cordell Mosson · American bass guitarist, 1952–2013
  • Cordell Cleare · American politician and activist, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.