Kordell
Masculine
Kordell belongs to the American family of names built on a Kor- opening and a stressed -dell ending, and it stands close to Cordell, an English surname from a maker of cord.
How old is the name Kordell?
Kordell first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Kordell alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,700 people named Kordell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kordell most popular?
Kordell peaked in 1998, reaching #841 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, 2,817 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kordell
Ours, offered as ours. There is a real trade behind Cordell: making cord was a specialized job in a world that ran on rope, and the surname records it alongside Roper and Corder. Kordell exchanges the C for a K, which is one of the most consistent moves in twentieth-century American naming, and lands the stress on the second syllable. The rope-maker is genuinely there at one remove, and the K is entirely modern.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for this spelling. Cordell is documented as an English occupational surname from Old French corde, a rope or cord, naming a maker of it. Whether Kordell descends from that or was built from the Kor- and -dell pieces of modern American naming is not recorded.
Pronouncing Kordell
kor-DEL
Two syllables with the stress on the second. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Kordell
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
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 1998174 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #841reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- +30.4%30 in 2025, from 23
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.
Kordell in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cordell in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania.
Kordells among us
people named Kordell are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Kordell
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kordell
- #3658
- Kordell on the 2025 chart
- #821
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kordell went to 30 boys in 2025, but Cordell is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 107, which makes it the 821st most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,837 places above the chart.
- Cordell77
- Kordell30
About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 56,936 for Kordell 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 Lamonte test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kordell's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lamonte climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lamonte's path sketches the road Kordell is walking now.
Kordell 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
Where Kordell is headed
Kordell should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kordell beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kordell in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Dell is a usable short form with its own English meaning.
- The stressed second syllable gives it a shape few English names have.
- Cordell is the documented spelling and will be assumed by people who know it.
- Kordell, Cordell and Kordel are all in use and none is dominant.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kordells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Kordell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kordell?
- Kordell is one of 2 recorded spellings. Cordell is the more common one — 77 births in 2025 against 30 for Kordell.
- How popular is the name Kordell in 2025?
- Kordell ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kordell?
- About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Kordell — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kordell with classmates?
- Kordell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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