Cord — #5077 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cord

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,821 babies named Cord between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cord currently holds the #5077 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cord performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cord shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Cord in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cord in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,821 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.