Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cord

#3,298 most common boys' name of all time · #8,006 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · 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
192019401960198020002020

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 by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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