Masculine dossier · first seen 1920

Cord

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cord
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

100

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1920Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

81%

2024

All-time

1,821

Cord has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 100 boys were named Cord.

In 2024, only 19 boys were given the name.

Down 81% from its peak.

All told, about 1,821 Americans have been named Cord and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1920.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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