Cordell Boy
How popular is Cordell?
#1,976 boy name in 2025
77 baby boys were named Cordell in the US in 2025, making it the 1976th most popular boy name.
Cordell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,976 for boys (▲ 157 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 77 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,346 in 2015, #1,716 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (387 boys) |
| Highest rank | #531 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cordell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cordell family of names ranked #1,339 for boys in 2025 (#1,532 the year before), with 113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cordell | 77 | 68% |
| Kordell | 30 | 27% |
| Cordale | 6 | 5% |
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 Cordell is most popular
Babies named Cordell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cordell by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #1,063 |
| 1910s | 167 | #1,159 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,180 |
| 1930s | 366 | #805 |
| 1940s | 579 | #697 |
| 1950s | 560 | #791 |
| 1960s | 702 | #777 |
| 1970s | 838 | #800 |
| 1980s | 1,317 | #563 |
| 1990s | 2,423 | #531 |
| 2000s | 1,961 | #639 |
| 2010s | 1,151 | #1,263 |
| 2020s | 494 | #1,716 |
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Questions
- Is Cordell a boy or girl name?
- Cordell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cordell were boys.
- How popular is the name Cordell?
- 77 baby boys were named Cordell in the US in 2025, making it the 1976th most popular boy name.
- When was Cordell most popular?
- Cordell peaked in 1998, when 387 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #531 in 1998.
- How many people are named Cordell?
- 10,988 babies have been named Cordell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,263 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Cordell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cordell was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 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.