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Kord

Masculine

1954high 1990
#9714 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare7 boys in 2025

Kord entered the US charts in 1954, peaked at #2627 in 1966, ranks #9714 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Kord?

Kord first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Kord alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 400 people named Kord are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kord most popular?

Kord peaked in 1966, reaching #2627 nationally. Today it ranks #9714, 7,087 places below that high. See the whole 1966 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1954–20252312023719542025

US babies named Kord per year from 1954 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26271950s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1954
Most boys named
199023 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2627reached in 1966
Change vs 2024
0.0%7 in 2025, from 7
Kord sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1990, with 23 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Kords among us

400

people named Kord are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 244,011 born in 2025 was named Kord

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Kord

#9714
Kord on the 2025 chart
#900
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kord went to 7 boys in 2025, but Cord is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 28, which makes it the 900th most-given boys’ name of the year — 8,814 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 61,003 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 244,011 for Kord 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

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Is it right for you

The Zeferino test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kord's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zeferino climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zeferino's path sketches the road Kord is walking now.

40%chance Kord will feel dated by 2040
Kord, aligned on its peakZeferino· peak 1936not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsZeferino · #8801Kord today
Kord today is about where Zeferino stood in 1995 — 59 years past a #2629-sized peak. By 2010, Zeferino had settled around #11318.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kord 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

Kord beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Kord in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Kordthis name7#9714Vern7#9714Abrahm7#9714Sid7#9714Hartwell7#9714

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Kords are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Kord are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kord?
Kord is one of 2 recorded spellings. Cord is the more common one — 21 births in 2025 against 7 for Kord.
How popular is the name Kord in 2025?
Kord ranks #9714 among US boy names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kord?
About 1 in every 244,011 US boys born in 2025 was named Kord — 7 in all.
Will my child share the name Kord with classmates?
Kord will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Kord

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Vern#9714 · Abrahm#9714 · Sid#9714 · Hartwell#9714 · Kwan#9714 · Adrean#9714 · Chancey#9714 · Bob#9714

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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