Cordero
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #7,353 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 340 births
- Debut · boys
- 173 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,807since 1986
Cordero over time
Rank among boys' names. Cordero has never cracked the top 400 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,364 | 32 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,823 | 27 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,535 | 30 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,601 | 56 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,246 | 82 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,083 | 101 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,055 | 101 | |
| 1989 | — | #839 | 142 | |
| 1988 | — | #617 | 236 | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #481 | 340 |
| 1986 | — | #688 | 173 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cordero! It came in at #688, and was given to 173 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001–2003, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Cordero is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#231 · 1 in 1,422
- Georgia#329 · 1 in 2,946
- Michigan#370 · 1 in 4,558
- Alabama#373 · 1 in 3,611
- Tennessee#421 · 1 in 5,220
Best ever in a state: #173 in Mississippi, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #231 | 12 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Georgia | #329 | 15 | 1 in 2,946 |
| Michigan | #370 | 14 | 1 in 4,558 |
| Alabama | #373 | 7 | 1 in 3,611 |
| Tennessee | #421 | 6 | 1 in 5,220 |
| North Carolina | #449 | 8 | 1 in 5,111 |
| Illinois | #451 | 16 | 1 in 4,989 |
| Florida | #533 | 12 | 1 in 6,368 |
| Louisiana | #564 | 6 | 1 in 5,675 |
| New York | #598 | 15 | 1 in 8,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 5 | 1 in 15,443 |
| Texas | #797 | 12 | 1 in 12,194 |
| California | #928 | 13 | 1 in 17,561 |
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See more about Cordero
- 604 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,803)
- 1,568 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #6,803)
- 2,258 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1987 (#688 → #481)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1989 (#617 → #839)
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 1987 at #481 (340 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1986–1989
- Highest: 1 in 5,491 boys born in 1987 were named Cordero (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.3% of all boys named Cordero (891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 891 | #481 (1987) | #656 |
| 1990s | 484 | #1,055 (1990) | #2,538 |
| 2000s | 148 | #3,823 (2008) | #5,916 |
| 2010s | 215 | #2,954 (2012) | #4,875 |
| 2020s | 69 | #5,235 (2020) | #7,345 |
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.
Cordero in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 10,645 of them was named Cordero, which outranked 91.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).