Boys' name · since 1995
Kordel
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.
- 117
- total births
- 1995–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kordel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 117 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kordel has been recorded 117 times among boys since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2019.
- 117 total births
- 1995–2019 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kordel's 117 recorded births place it above 64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kordel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kordel's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kordel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2019
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kordel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kordel's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kordel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 51 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kordel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1995–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kordel: Baby Name Since 1995 - 117 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kordel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kordel 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 July 2026.