Girls' name · since 1880
Cordella
Cordella has 377 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
377 girls have been named Cordella since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cordella has 377 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1978.
- #14,006 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 377 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cordella ranks #14,006 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 377 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Cordella's 377 recorded births place it above 80.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Cordella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cordella splits its recorded history at 1934: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cordella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1978
- Peak year (1924)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
Cordella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (76 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Cordella's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Cordella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1900s 15
1900s
15 births
- 1910s
1910s
62 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
62 births
- 1940s
1940s
68 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
40 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 76 births (20% of all-time use).
Cordella by state
Where Cordella concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
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What to do with Cordella's data
- Cordella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Cordellas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cordella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~98 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, 1880–1978 (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 Cordella 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.