Cordero
Cordero was the 6884th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 481st with 340 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,308 places. More babies were named Cordero in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,884 boys, down 1,595 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1987340 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,816babies recorded
Cordero popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 9 since 1987.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,884 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2010 | #4,262 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,633 | 12 |
| 1990 | #1,055 | 101 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cordero, counting every spelling?
Cordero is the most common spelling of a name family that had 12 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 12 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordero | 12 | #6,884 | 52 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cordero?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cordero (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cordero born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cordero.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cordero?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Cordero are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 27 and 39. That makes Cordero mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cordero: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cordero, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cordero
How popular is the name Cordero?
Cordero was the 6884th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 481st with 340 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,308 places. More babies were named Cordero in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Cordero a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Cordero in the US.