Cordell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-DEL
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,976 for boys
Cordell is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “little cord”. In 2025 it ranked 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Cordell mean?
French: English surname from Old French cordel
“little cord”
Cordell Hull, US Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt, won the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize for helping found the United Nations.
Is Cordell a girl's or a boy's name?
Cordell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cordell in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cordell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cordell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Cordell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Cordell, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 387 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Cordell in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Cordell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #1,976 for this spelling alone.
- Cordell 77
- Kordell 30
Girls were 19% of the babies named Cordell in the US in 1916, and 2% in 1988.
Cordell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 89 | #1,803 |
| 2022 | 87 | #1,839 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 87 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,402 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,491 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,346 |
| 2014 | 119 | #1,414 |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,361 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,263 |
| 2009 | 195 | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 279 | #786 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 137 | #1,224 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 167 | #990 |
| 2003 | 173 | #945 |
| 2002 | 189 | #867 |
| 2001 | 244 | #719 |
| 2000 | 285 | #639 |
| 1999 | 343 | #569 |
| 1998 | 387 | #531 |
| 1997 | 318 | #581 |
| 1996 | 302 | #595 |
| 1995 | 267 | #630 |
| 1994 | 216 | #709 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 133 | #914 |
| 1991 | 163 | #805 |
| 1990 | 184 | #744 |
| 1989 | 167 | #764 |
| 1988 | 249 | #588 |
| 1987 | 257 | #563 |
| 1986 | 215 | #608 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,189 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,075 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 89 | #954 |
| 1980 | 82 | #996 |
| 1979 | 85 | #960 |
| 1978 | 87 | #927 |
| 1977 | 82 | #937 |
| 1976 | 80 | #933 |
| 1975 | 108 | #800 |
| 1974 | 91 | #841 |
| 1973 | 83 | #874 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 81 | #904 |
| 1970 | 84 | #881 |
| 1969 | 88 | #822 |
| 1968 | 71 | #861 |
| 1967 | 68 | #867 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 90 | #777 |
| 1964 | 77 | #867 |
| 1963 | 61 | #960 |
| 1962 | 69 | #911 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,089 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1957 | 58 | #994 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 63 | #882 |
| 1951 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 55 | #934 |
| 1948 | 52 | #962 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 52 | #925 |
| 1945 | 54 | #850 |
| 1944 | 66 | #769 |
| 1943 | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | 57 | #867 |
| 1941 | 68 | #751 |
| 1940 | 75 | #697 |
| 1939 | 57 | #805 |
| 1938 | 50 | #883 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 49 | #885 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
Names like Cordell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cody Daniel Toby Ethan Maxwell Michael Caleb Ryan Joel Dylan Matthew Casey
Other spellings of Cordell
Names related to Cordell
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cordell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cordell, updated 20 October 2026.