Given name & surname
Cordel
“one who makes cord”
Cordel is a variant of Cordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cordel is a variant of Cordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cordel is a variant of Cordell. An origin associated with Cordell is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cordel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 440
- 440 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 523 as a first name in 2020; 142 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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