Cordell — #2131 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cordell

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,760 babies named Cordell between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cordell currently holds the #2131 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 387 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cordell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,423 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Cordell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 772 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Cordell in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cordell 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 10,760 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.