Kordell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-DEL
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Kordell is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Kordell mean?
English: spelling of Cordell, an English surname
A spelling of Cordell, an English surname probably given to a maker of cord.
Is Kordell a girl's or a boy's name?
Kordell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kordell in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Kordell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
How popular is Kordell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Kordell, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 174 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Kordell in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Kordell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Cordell 77
- Kordell 30
Kordell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 62 | #1,764 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,201 |
| 1998 | 174 | #840 |
| 1997 | 133 | #977 |
| 1996 | 126 | #988 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
Names like Kordell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mason, Hunter, Jaxon, Riley, Hudson, Cooper, Marley, Grayson, Maxwell, Carter, Noah, Parker
Other spellings of Kordell
Names related to Kordell
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison, River, Ellie
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, “Kordell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kordell, updated 20 October 2026.