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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cordell has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1904
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.
Where Cordell is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Montana#175 · 1 in 667
- South Dakota#185 · 1 in 795
- Idaho#239 · 1 in 1,086
- Minnesota#315 · 1 in 2,591
- Arkansas#316 · 1 in 2,064
Best ever in a state: #127 in North Dakota, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #175 | 6 | 1 in 667 |
| South Dakota | #185 | 5 | 1 in 795 |
| Idaho | #239 | 7 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Minnesota | #315 | 11 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Arkansas | #316 | 7 | 1 in 2,064 |
| Missouri | #317 | 14 | 1 in 2,474 |
| Indiana | #336 | 15 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Pennsylvania | #345 | 22 | 1 in 3,033 |
| New Mexico | #361 | 5 | 1 in 2,158 |
| Kentucky | #388 | 6 | 1 in 3,904 |
| Ohio | #389 | 20 | 1 in 3,499 |
| Washington | #405 | 12 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Kansas | #423 | 5 | 1 in 3,154 |
| Oklahoma | #423 | 7 | 1 in 2,951 |
| Alabama | #440 | 8 | 1 in 3,153 |
| Wisconsin | #447 | 7 | 1 in 4,141 |
| Arizona | #453 | 10 | 1 in 3,484 |
| Virginia | #457 | 11 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Colorado | #470 | 7 | 1 in 3,740 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 13 | 1 in 3,732 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 3,026 |
| Maryland | #486 | 7 | 1 in 4,070 |
| Tennessee | #500 | 8 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Illinois | #527 | 18 | 1 in 4,463 |
| Michigan | #529 | 12 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Florida | #539 | 19 | 1 in 4,562 |
| Georgia | #598 | 11 | 1 in 4,689 |
| Texas | #615 | 26 | 1 in 6,177 |
| New York | #739 | 15 | 1 in 7,689 |
| California | #845 | 20 | 1 in 12,166 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
94 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1998 at #531 (387 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1961–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,939
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 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 1998
boys
#531
387 births · 1 in 4,939 boys
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 4,939 of them was named Cordell, which outranked 95.3% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Cordell
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.