Boys' name · since 1988
Cordez
Cordez has 15 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cordez sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 15 recorded since 1988.
Cordez has 15 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2009.
- #31,257 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cordez ranks #31,257 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cordez's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cordez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cordez's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded.
Cordez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2009
- Peak year (1988)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Cordez by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Cordez's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Cordez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cordez: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1988–2009 (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 Cordez 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.