Kord

#10,241 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Conrad

Kord has been given to 467 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #10,241 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Kord, 2025

1 in 474,000

Kord over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kord: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Conrad

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kord means

Kord is a form of Conrad.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kord → Conrad. The family’s meaning is “bold, brave + counsel”, recorded in English with the source elements kōnī and rād.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Conrad.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 467 boys were recorded with the name Kord between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1990; its best national rank was #2,714 in 1966.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,976 in 2015 to #10,241 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kord?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,241; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kord sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kord. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kords were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kord was born before 2000 — so the typical Kord is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 27.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 49.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 467; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 27.6% of all recorded uses (129).

Is Kord rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +225; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −5,265; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.37×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 30.4%; Peak was 1990 (23)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,714; 1966

Spellings of Kord

Kord is not the most common spelling — Todd is, with 28.8% against Kord's 0.05%.

Todd28.8%282,330
Cory13.0%127,179
Karl10.3%100,836
Kurt8.8%85,858
Kirk6.9%68,067
Rory3.7%35,841
Boyd2.8%27,680
Kody2.4%23,762

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kord by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,241
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #2,714; 1966
Peak year: 1990; 23 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 467
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Kord

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kort Koran Kori Koren Lord Korban Kordae Korie Kortez Korry Koree Cord Kore Korben Koron Koray Korde Kory Korin Korbyn Korver Korvin Kortney Ashford

Sibling names for Kord

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jessika Casandra Ashlie Shantel Alesha Breonna Anthony Shelbi

For a brother

Elizabeth Coty Bradly Derrell Garrick Laron Brandan Arron

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