Cord
Cord is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1990100 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1920
- 1,821people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,821 boys have been named Cord in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 100 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Cord was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Cord
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stefanpeak 1991
- Steffenpeak 1991
- Brettonpeak 1987
- Steffanpeak 1994
- Cortezpeak 1990
- Koreypeak 1990
- Deangelopeak 1990
- Martezpeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.