Cord Boy
How popular is Cord?
#4,706 boy name in 2025
21 baby boys were named Cord in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.
Cord popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,706 for boys (▲ 357 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #5,037 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (100 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,054 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cord counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cord family of names ranked #2,725 for boys in 2025 (#2,717 the year before), with 33 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cord | 21 | 64% |
| Kord | 7 | 21% |
| Corde | 5 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cord is most popular
Babies named Cord per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Cord by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1960s | 185 | #1,178 |
| 1970s | 176 | #1,378 |
| 1980s | 346 | #1,113 |
| 1990s | 504 | #1,054 |
| 2000s | 212 | #3,530 |
| 2010s | 298 | #2,677 |
| 2020s | 115 | #4,299 |
Boy names about as popular as Cord
Questions
- Is Cord a boy or girl name?
- Cord is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cord were boys.
- How popular is the name Cord?
- 21 baby boys were named Cord in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.
- When was Cord most popular?
- Cord peaked in 1990, when 100 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,054 in 1990.
- How many people are named Cord?
- 1,842 babies have been named Cord in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,749 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Cord most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cord was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.