Boys' name · since 1920
Cord
1,842 babies named Cord in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,728 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,842
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cord currently ranks #4728 among boys' names in America, with 1,842 babies recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Cord recorded 1,842 times among boys since 1920, holding rank #4728 nationally today, ahead of 66% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #3,479 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,728 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,842 born since 1920
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cord ranks #3,479 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,728 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,842 born since 1920, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,728 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,842
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cord's 1,842 recorded births place it above 92.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cord compares
1,842 Top 23% higher than 77% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cord's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cord | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,842 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 100 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cord's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cord splits its recorded history at 1993: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 100 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cord popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 100
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Cord by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (504 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Cord's strongest decade.
504 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Cord births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1960s 185
1960s
185 births
- 1970s 176
1970s
176 births
- 1980s
1980s
346 births
- 1990s
1990s
504 births
- 2000s
2000s
212 births
- 2010s
2010s
298 births
- 2020s 115
2020s
115 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 504 births (27% of all-time use).
How Cord compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cord's total volume
Cord by state
Where Cord concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 100 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 76 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 14 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
100 of 1,842 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Cord appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cord's data
- Cord's decade-level peak was the 1990s (504 total births); usage has since declined to 115 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cords (100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Cord
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cord: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cord draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.