Cordae
Masculine
Cordae is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 635 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
There is a Latin heart at the front of the Cor- family. Cor, cordis is the Latin for a heart, and it gives English cordial, courage, record and accord; Cordell, Cordero and Cordae all begin on that syllable, though only some of them descend from it.
How old is the name Cordae?
Cordae first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Cordae alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 600 people named Cordae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cordae most popular?
Cordae peaked in 2008, reaching #1665 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 5,138 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cordae
The Cor- opening has been productive in American naming since the 1960s, and what makes it work is that several genuinely unrelated names share it: Cornelius from a Roman clan, Cordell from an English trade, Cordero from Spanish livestock, Corey from an Irish surname. A syllable shared by four established names becomes available for new ones without any of them being the parent. Cordae takes it and attaches the -ae ending, one of the four ways American naming writes a stressed final long a, alongside -ay, -e and -a. Its best year in United States records is 2008. A rapper of the name, born in 1997, became widely known a decade after that peak, which is the usual order.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Cordae is an American coinage and its opening is shared with several names of different origins: Cordell, from an English surname for a maker of cord; Cordero, Spanish for a lamb; and Cordelia, of unknown origin. The Latin cor, a heart, lies behind some English words in the family but is not established as the source of this name. The -ae ending is a spelling of a stressed final syllable and carries no meaning.
Pronouncing Cordae
kor-DAY
Two syllables with the stress at the end. The -ae is a long a, following the Latin convention rather than the English one, which would give it an ee.
Nicknames for Cordae
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 200892 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1665reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −20.0%12 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cordae in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Corday in English — spelling variant
- Cordell in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Cordaes among us
people named Cordae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Cordae
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cordae
- #6803
- Cordae on the 2025 chart
- #897
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cordae went to 12 boys in 2025, but Kordae is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 31, which makes it the 897th most-given boys’ name of the year — 5,906 places above the chart.
- Kordae19
- Cordae12
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 142,340 for Cordae itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kern test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cordae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kern climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kern's path sketches the road Cordae is walking now.
Cordae sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Cordae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cordae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- End-stressed, which gives it a rhythm most English names lack.
- Cord and Cory are two short forms in different registers.
- Six letters and immediately readable once the ending is known.
- The -ae ending reads as ee to anyone applying Latin rules.
- Corday and Cordae both circulate.
- The name has no settled meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cordaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Cordae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cordae?
- Cordae is one of 2 recorded spellings. Kordae is the more common one — 19 births in 2025 against 12 for Cordae.
- How popular is the name Cordae in 2025?
- Cordae ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cordae?
- About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Cordae — 12 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cordae with classmates?
- Cordae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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