Given name & surname
Kord
“one who makes cord”
Kord is a variant of Kordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kord is a variant of Kordell. One English interpretation is “one who makes cord.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kord through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 467
- 467 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,245 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,245 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 414 as a first name in 2020; 211 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 2
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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