Cordale
Masculine
To record something is to bring it back to the heart. Cor is the Latin heart, and it is inside record, courage, accord, discord and cordial, none of which sounds anatomical any more.
How old is the name Cordale?
Cordale first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Cordale alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 600 people named Cordale are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cordale most popular?
Cordale peaked in 1987, reaching #1709 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 8,986 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cordale
Latin cor, the heart, was the seat of thought and memory as well as feeling, and the vocabulary built on it records that. To learn by heart is a direct translation of the idea; recordari, to remember, is to bring something back through the heart, and gives record; concordia is hearts together, discordia hearts apart; courage is heart in the French form; cordial is heartfelt, and then a drink. English took the whole family from French and Latin without ever borrowing the noun itself, which is why the connection is invisible. American coinages that open on Cor- are not descended from any of it, and the honest thing is to say so while noting that the syllable carries an unusually rich set of associations for anyone who looks.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Cordale is an American formation from a Cor- opening and the -dale ending, from Old Norse dalr, a valley, taken from place names. The Latin cor, heart, is not its documented source, though it stands behind the English words the opening resembles. The peak is 1987.
Pronouncing Cordale
kor-DAYL
Two syllables, stress on the second. Cordale and Cordell differ in the ending and are often confused.
Nicknames for Cordale
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
- 1980
- Most boys named
- 198739 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1709reached in 1987
- Change vs 2023
- +20.0%6 in 2025, from 5
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.
Cordale in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cordell in English — related form
- Cordelle in English — spelling variant
Cordales among us
people named Cordale are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Cordale
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kimmy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cordale's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kimmy climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kimmy's path sketches the road Cordale is walking now.
Cordale 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
Cordale beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cordale in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Cord and Dale are two complete words inside one name.
- Two syllables with a firm ending.
- The spelling is unambiguous.
- Cordell is more common and will be substituted.
- It has no documented meaning.
- The 1987 peak dates it closely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cordales 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 Cordale are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cordale in 2025?
- Cordale ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cordale?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Cordale — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cordale with classmates?
- Cordale will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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