NameTides

Cord

Cord was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies).

Cord as a boy’s name

  • US
Cord as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Cord as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#4,707 (21)
2024#5,067 (19)
2023#4,886 (20)
2022#4,303 (24)
2021#6,335 (13)
2020#5,041 (18)
2019#4,951 (19)
2018#4,610 (21)
2017#4,746 (20)
2016#4,199 (24)
2015#3,684 (29)
2014#3,891 (26)
2013#3,339 (32)
2012#2,678 (45)
2011#2,699 (44)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #1,058.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cord is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 71,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 43,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.