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Cord

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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
Babies named Cord, by year of birthboys
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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

Decadeboys named Cord
1920s6
1960s185
1970s176
1980s346
1990s504
2000s212
2010s298
2020s94

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.

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.