Cord

#3,298 most common boys' name of all time · #8,006 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1920–2025

Rank among boys

#3,298

Rank overall

#8,006 of 105,966

First appeared

1920

Years on the list

66 of 146

All-time

1,842

Since 2016

199

Peak year

1990 #1,060

Best rank

#1,060 1990

Girls Boys peak 100/yr

Cord first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	—	21	21	#4,729
2024	—	19	19	#5,098
2023	—	20	20	#4,926
2022	—	24	24	#4,335
2021	—	13	13	#6,384
2020	—	18	18	#5,078
2019	—	19	19	#4,987
2018	—	21	21	#4,633
2017	—	20	20	#4,786
2016	—	24	24	#4,222
2015	—	29	29	#3,702
2014	—	26	26	#3,915
2013	—	32	32	#3,354
2012	—	45	45	#2,688
2011	—	44	44	#2,711
2010	—	38	38	#3,027
2009	—	20	20	#4,773
2008	—	20	20	#4,755
2007	—	19	19	#4,832
2006	—	16	16	#5,338
2005	—	21	21	#4,225
2004	—	26	26	#3,563
2003	—	23	23	#3,756
2002	—	24	24	#3,571
2001	—	20	20	#4,001
2000	—	23	23	#3,561
1999	—	25	25	#3,213
1998	—	31	31	#2,672
1997	—	30	30	#2,628
1996	—	43	43	#2,026
1995	—	36	36	#2,221
1994	—	39	39	#2,100
1993	—	55	55	#1,628
1992	—	51	51	#1,686
1991	—	94	94	#1,133
1990	—	100	100	#1,060
1989	—	84	84	#1,160
1988	—	69	69	#1,231
1987	—	74	74	#1,119
1986	—	45	45	#1,503
1985	—	10	10	#4,146
1984	—	8	8	#4,676
1983	—	12	12	#3,496
1982	—	11	11	#3,804
1981	—	19	19	#2,525
1980	—	14	14	#3,158
1979	—	18	18	#2,607
1978	—	8	8	#4,300
1977	—	19	19	#2,401
1976	—	12	12	#3,164
1975	—	13	13	#2,974
1974	—	13	13	#2,861
1973	—	28	28	#1,675
1972	—	14	14	#2,600
1971	—	38	38	#1,394
1970	—	13	13	#2,688
1969	—	13	13	#2,483
1968	—	24	24	#1,643
1967	—	22	22	#1,694
1966	—	17	17	#1,944
1965	—	19	19	#1,843
1964	—	6	6	#3,851
1963	—	12	12	#2,510
1962	—	27	27	#1,542
1961	—	45	45	#1,192
1920	—	6	6	#4,234