How Many People Are Named Cordell?
people named Cordell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,126 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,988 babies named Cordell in Social Security records from 1903 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
387 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cordell (99.7%) were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cordell fell from 24.1% in the 1910s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cordell alive today is about 32 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cordell first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 1998, to 387 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cordell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #531, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,977.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,977 |
| Best rank | #531 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #676 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cordell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cordell were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 716 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cordell was given 3.6 times as often in Tennessee, 2.8 times in Illinois and 2 times in Louisiana.
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