Cord is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Cord is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,738 for boy births in the United States (and #10,015 across all names), given to 21 babies. Cord first appears in 1920 and peaked in 1990 (100 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | #5,103 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | #4,913 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | #4,325 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #6,399 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #5,075 |
| 2019 | 19 | 19 | #4,997 |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | #4,632 |
| 2017 | 20 | 20 | #4,774 |
| 2016 | 24 | 24 | #4,217 |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | #3,707 |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 32 | 32 | #3,349 |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #2,686 |
| 2011 | 44 | 44 | #2,711 |
| 2010 | 38 | 38 | #3,028 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #4,779 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #4,749 |
| 2007 | 19 | 19 | #4,842 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #5,347 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #4,220 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | #3,547 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #3,749 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | #3,578 |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | #3,997 |
| 2000 | 23 | 23 | #3,556 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | #3,194 |
| 1998 | 31 | 31 | #2,663 |
| 1997 | 30 | — | #2,627 |
| 1996 | 43 | — | #2,021 |
| 1995 | 36 | — | #2,216 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #2,090 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #1,621 |
| 1992 | 51 | — | #1,679 |
| 1991 | 94 | — | #1,132 |
| 1990 | 100 | — | #1,059 |
| 1989 | 84 | — | #1,154 |
| 1988 | 69 | — | #1,229 |
| 1987 | 74 | — | #1,114 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #1,496 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #4,103 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #4,637 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #3,445 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | #3,739 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #2,509 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #3,126 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | #2,601 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,228 |
| 1977 | 19 | — | #2,382 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #3,125 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #2,933 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,828 |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #1,661 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #2,556 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | #1,380 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #2,646 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #2,439 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | #1,619 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | #1,666 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #1,904 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #1,817 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,675 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,437 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | #1,523 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | #1,184 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #3,917 |