Cordero
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-DAIR-oh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Cordero is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “lamb”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Cordero mean?
Spanish: Spanish word and surname
“lamb”
The Spanish word for 'lamb', also a surname; Cordero de Dios means 'Lamb of God'.
Is Cordero a girl's or a boy's name?
Cordero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cordero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Cordero, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 340 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Cordero in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cordero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,077 |
| 1990 | 101 | #1,051 |
| 1989 | 142 | #836 |
| 1988 | 236 | #617 |
| 1987 | 340 | #481 |
| 1986 | 173 | #688 |
Names like Cordero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego Santiago Rodrigo Marcelo Santino Xavier Eduardo Alvaro Camilo Cristian Pablo Lorenzo
Names related to Cordero
More Spanish names
Lola Amaya Alaia Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma Amaia
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cordero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cordero, updated 20 October 2026.