Cordel

Boy · recorded 1982–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cordel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1982

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Cordel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19823
19864
19875
19886
19893
19903
19913
19923
19937
19948
199513
199618
199720
19989
199916
200012
20017
20027
20037
20046
20056
20068
20077
20085
20098
20107
20114
20124
20134
20153
20183
20193
20205

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cordel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
8
Rank in 2020
#8,739
How rare
1 in 215,759 boys
Since 1982
440

Cordel was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1997, at 20 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cordel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.