Recorded 1995–2019 Boys' name Peak 1997 117 births

Kordel — boys' name

117 babies named Kordel in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s512000s452010s21
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Kordel was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

12 babies were named Kordel in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kordel

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Kordel between 1995 and 2019, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kordel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kordel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kordel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kordel 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 117 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.

Kordel at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

117

Since 1995

25 years of records

Peak year

1997

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1995

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kordel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1995

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1997)
12
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
468101214 20192010200820032000199819961995 8

Kordel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
51 births that decade — 44% of Kordel's all-time total
1990s512000s452010s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kordel?
117 babies have been named Kordel since 1995. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1997 with 12 births.
When was Kordel most popular?
Kordel was most popular in the 1990s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Kordel been used?
Kordel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 25 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kordel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kory, Korey, Korbin, Korbyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.