Cordell is an established boys' name that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Cordell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,977 for boy births in the United States (and #4,235 across all names), given to 77 babies. Cordell first appears in 1903 and peaked in 1998 (387 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,977 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,137 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,804 |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,841 |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,873 |
| 2020 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,718 |
| 2019 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,902 |
| 2018 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,764 |
| 2017 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,406 |
| 2016 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,491 |
| 2015 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,347 |
| 2014 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,417 |
| 2013 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,362 |
| 2012 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,334 |
| 2010 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,264 |
| 2009 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 279 | 279 | — | #786 |
| 2007 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,104 |
| 2006 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,224 |
| 2005 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,246 |
| 2004 | 167 | 167 | — | #991 |
| 2003 | 173 | 173 | — | #948 |
| 2002 | 189 | 189 | — | #870 |
| 2001 | 244 | 244 | — | #720 |
| 2000 | 285 | 285 | — | #640 |
| 1999 | 343 | 343 | — | #570 |
| 1998 | 387 | 387 | — | #531 |
| 1997 | 318 | — | — | #581 |
| 1996 | 302 | — | — | #595 |
| 1995 | 267 | — | — | #631 |
| 1994 | 216 | — | — | #710 |
| 1993 | 110 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1992 | 133 | — | — | #918 |
| 1991 | 163 | — | — | #809 |
| 1990 | 184 | — | — | #748 |
| 1989 | 167 | — | — | #768 |
| 1988 | 254 | — | #12,202 | #589 |
| 1987 | 262 | — | #11,668 | #563 |
| 1986 | 223 | — | #7,902 | #608 |
| 1985 | 63 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1984 | 59 | — | — | #1,191 |
| 1983 | 68 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1982 | 68 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1981 | 89 | — | — | #956 |
| 1980 | 82 | — | — | #996 |
| 1979 | 85 | — | — | #960 |
| 1978 | 87 | — | — | #927 |
| 1977 | 82 | — | — | #941 |
| 1976 | 80 | — | — | #934 |
| 1975 | 108 | — | — | #800 |
| 1974 | 91 | — | — | #843 |
| 1973 | 83 | — | — | #875 |
| 1972 | 57 | — | — | #1,071 |
| 1971 | 81 | — | — | #905 |
| 1970 | 84 | — | — | #882 |
| 1969 | 88 | — | — | #823 |
| 1968 | 71 | — | — | #861 |
| 1967 | 68 | — | — | #869 |
| 1966 | 71 | — | — | #861 |
| 1965 | 90 | — | — | #778 |
| 1964 | 77 | — | — | #869 |
| 1963 | 61 | — | — | #962 |
| 1962 | 69 | — | — | #914 |
| 1961 | 63 | — | — | #972 |
| 1960 | 44 | — | — | #1,180 |
| 1959 | 50 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1958 | 42 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1957 | 58 | — | — | #996 |
| 1956 | 50 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1955 | 85 | — | — | #792 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | — | #1,009 |
| 1953 | 49 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1952 | 63 | — | — | #887 |
| 1951 | 56 | — | — | #936 |
| 1950 | 52 | — | — | #960 |
| 1949 | 55 | — | — | #936 |
| 1948 | 52 | — | — | #966 |
| 1947 | 45 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1946 | 52 | — | — | #925 |
| 1945 | 54 | — | — | #852 |
| 1944 | 66 | — | — | #770 |
| 1943 | 55 | — | — | #901 |
| 1942 | 57 | — | — | #867 |
| 1941 | 68 | — | — | #752 |
| 1940 | 75 | — | — | #698 |
| 1939 | 57 | — | — | #806 |
| 1938 | 50 | — | — | #886 |
| 1937 | 36 | — | #4,376 | #1,187 |
| 1936 | 41 | — | #4,314 | #1,073 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | — | #1,599 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1933 | 54 | — | #4,342 | #888 |
| 1932 | 33 | — | #4,539 | #1,293 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | #4,448 | #1,310 |
| 1930 | 32 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1929 | 25 | — | #3,745 | #1,807 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #3,487 | #2,290 |
| 1927 | 33 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | — | #1,479 |
| 1925 | 26 | — | #5,121 | #1,695 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #5,227 | #1,734 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #4,055 | #1,389 |
| 1922 | 50 | — | #2,514 | #1,200 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1920 | 37 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1919 | 42 | — | #4,357 | #1,169 |
| 1918 | 33 | — | #2,553 | #1,726 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | #2,448 | #1,333 |
| 1916 | 32 | — | #4,017 | #1,345 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | #3,190 | #1,804 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #2,956 | #1,352 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,640 | — |