How rare is the name Cordell?

7,482 people in the United States have the first name Cordell, about 1 in 40,368. It ranks #2,994 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CORDELL

#2,994

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,482
About
1 in 40,368
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,482 people named Cordell, 50.7% reported their origin as Black, 35.7% as White and 6% as two or more races. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cordell peaked in 1998, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
387
In 2025*
77 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,988 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cordell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,502. The largest share of babies named Cordell, 30.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,37425
1910s#2,520220
1920s#2,620309
1930s#2,086391
1940s#1,892579
1950s#2,262560
1960s#2,159702
1970s#2,163838
1980s#1,8391,335
1990s#1,5022,423
2000s#2,0811,961
2010s#3,2451,151
2020s#4,038494
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–457.4%
Baby boom 1946–649.8%
Generation X 1965–8011.9%
Millennials 1981–9623.9%
Generation Z 1997–1230.8%
2013 and later11.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cordell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cordell has been most common in Tennessee (3.5×), Illinois (2.6×), and New Mexico (2.1×), and least common in South Carolina (0.34×).

5,957 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cordell

#2,992 Kitty · 7,484#2,992 Priscila · 7,484#2,995 Yun · 7,480#2,996 Per · 7,475

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cordell, most common first.

#3,225 Cordelia · 6,668#19,953 Cordel · 523#22,961 Cordale · 430#31,246 Cordella · 275#43,502 Cordelle · 162#47,857 Cordula · 135#48,840 Cordellia · 129

Also a last name

As a last name, Cordell ranks #4,011 of 156,621, with 8,592 people. See Cordell as a last name

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