Cordelia

#980 for girls in 2025, 258 births

Peak · girls
#204
1880 · 58 births
Debut · girls
1880
58 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,906
since 1880

Cordelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cordelia has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #204, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#980258
2024#1,066233
2023#1,117220
2022#1,052242
2021#1,010253
2020#1,006252
2019#1,083231
2018#1,035249
2017#1,172210
2016#1,005263
2015#949286
2014#993267
2013#1,192201
2012#1,179208
2011#1,301181
2010#1,299181
2009#1,358175
2008#1,685132
2007#1,877111
2006#1,639129
2005#1,432149
2004#1,546128
2003#1,348150
2002#1,606115
2001#2,41165
2000#2,40364
1999#2,89646
1998#2,39858
1997#3,54732
1996#4,18425
1995#2,73544
1994#3,70429
1993#3,29034
1992#3,50331
1991#3,54030
1990#2,95738
1989#2,65842
1988#2,70039
1987#2,57239
1986#3,20328
1985#3,00830
1984#3,06928
1983#2,91029
1982#2,70434
1981#2,98629
1980#2,39140
1979#2,86030
1978#2,68031
1977#2,66631
1976#2,09941
1975#2,16939
1974#2,68327
1973#2,01940
1972#2,27633
1971#2,03541
1970#2,08139
1969#1,98040
1968#1,90939
1967#1,82141
1966#1,32067
1965#1,62248
1964#1,44361
1963#1,52254
1962#1,26676
1961#1,42861
1960#1,22779
1959#1,30667
1958#1,19679
1957#1,20277
1956#1,05893
1955#1,15774
1954#1,21368
1953#1,09978
1952#1,15667
1951#1,01983
1950#97886
1949#1,01877
1948#91490
1947#1,10665
1946#93679
1945#91468
1944#80889
1943#89875
1942#93670
1941#80281
1940#74186
1939#72787
1938#85169
1937#652109
1936#69592
1935#76977
1934#83167
1933#75676
1932#73484
1931#70889
1930#74389
1929#72195
1928#80579
1927#696109
1926#686113
1925#74399
1924#653131
1923#649129
1922#678115
1921#615141
1920#661120
1919#573146
1918#632125
1917#598130
1916#547147
1915#551135
1914#60189
1913#52594
1912#50390
1911#57356
1910#46175
1909#44569
1908#47956
1907#45861
1906#45357
1905#39772
1904#43854
1903#44252
1902#44549
1901#42151
1900#37579
1899#36862
1898#37768
1897#34871
1896#39651
1895#37954
1894#39052
1893#34062
1892#35156
1891#34951
1890#36448
1889#32457
1888#32754
1887#27858
1886#26064
1885#26258
1884#25758
1883#25251
1882#28539
1881#21949
1880#20458
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cordelia was already there! It came in at #204, and was given to 58 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cordelia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#1,066 → #980)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#1,006 → #980)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#949 → #980)
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 2014 (#1,192 → #993)
  • Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1938 (#652 → #851)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #204 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 94 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,569
  • Highest: 1 in 1,569 girls born in 1880 were named Cordelia (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,230 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.6% of all girls named Cordelia (2,277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s546#204 (1880)#267
1890s575#340 (1893)#366
1900s600#375 (1900)#435
1910s1,087#461 (1910)#556
1920s1,131#615 (1921)#691
1930s839#652 (1937)#747
1940s780#741 (1940)#907
1950s772#978 (1950)#1,138
1960s566#1,227 (1960)#1,554
1970s352#2,019 (1973)#2,357
1980s338#2,391 (1980)#2,820
1990s367#2,398 (1998)#3,275
2000s1,218#1,348 (2003)#1,731
2010s2,277#949 (2015)#1,121
2020s1,458#980 (2025)#1,039

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cordelia in 1936

girls
#695
92 births · 1 in 11,309 girls

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #695Cordelia92
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 11,309 of them was named Cordelia, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cordelia
  1. #686Lavern94
  2. #693Charleen93
  3. #693Jacklyn93
  4. #695Cordelia92
  5. #695Charline92
  6. #695Lucretia92
  7. #695Lulu92
  8. #700Chloe91
  9. #700Elda91
  10. #702Charmaine90

Tied with 4 names at #695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,238Shelba#3,742 → #504
  2. ↑ 662Shelby#840 → #178
  3. ↑ 600Wendy#1,418 → #818
  4. ↑ 588Deanna#1,356 → #768
  5. ↑ 546Shari#1,514 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
  4. ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
  5. ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1936 →