Kord
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KORD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kord is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Kord come from?
English: spelling of Cord; English word, or a short form of Cordell
Meaning borrowed from Cord.
Is Kord a girl's or a boy's name?
Kord is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kord in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kord, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1990, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Kord in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kord in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
Names like Kord
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jett, Tate, Kingston, Chase, Wyatt, Ford, King, Stetson, Jackson, Colt, Chance, Easton
Names related to Kord
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kord: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kord, updated 20 October 2026.