Cordella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cordella

The Social Security Administration has registered 377 babies named Cordella between 1880 and 1978, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cordella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cordella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cordella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cordella in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cordella 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 377 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.