Cornelia
#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 94 births
- Debut · girls
- 94 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,076since 1880
Cornelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Cornelia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,091 | 53 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,863 | 66 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,991 | 51 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,729 | 60 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,334 | 79 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,253 | 88 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,270 | 86 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,054 | 108 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,182 | 81 | — | |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1965 | #944 | 117 | — | |
| 1964 | #943 | 125 | — | |
| 1963 | #829 | 158 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #748 | 191 | — | |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | — | |
| 1960 | #786 | 169 | — | |
| 1959 | #773 | 173 | — | |
| 1958 | #813 | 153 | — | |
| 1957 | #771 | 168 | — | |
| 1956 | #757 | 165 | — | |
| 1955 | #714 | 175 | — | |
| 1954 | #663 | 194 | — | |
| 1953 | #685 | 174 | — | |
| 1952 | #596 | 212 | — | |
| 1951 | #615 | 194 | — | |
| 1950 | #588 | 205 | — | |
| 1949 | #567 | 217 | — | |
| 1948 | #535 | 239 | — | |
| 1947 | #507 | 266 | — | |
| 1946 | #529 | 221 | — | |
| 1945 | #460 | 241 | — | |
| 1944 | #456 | 255 | — | |
| 1943 | #433 | 288 | — | |
| 1942 | #456 | 263 | — | |
| 1941 | #420 | 268 | — | |
| 1940 | #429 | 251 | — | |
| 1939 | #407 | 274 | — | |
| 1938 | #397 | 281 | — | |
| 1937 | #402 | 256 | — | |
| 1936 | #398 | 254 | — | |
| 1935 | #398 | 264 | — | |
| 1934 | #396 | 270 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #403 | 256 | — | |
| 1932 | #401 | 266 | — | |
| 1931 | #390 | 279 | — | |
| 1930 | #371 | 331 | — | |
| 1929 | #358 | 338 | — | |
| 1928 | #382 | 312 | — | |
| 1927 | #341 | 381 | — | |
| 1926 | #361 | 347 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #336 | 397 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #333 | 407 | — | |
| 1923 | #333 | 386 | — | |
| 1922 | #303 | 453 | — | |
| 1921 | #300 | 477 | — | |
| 1920 | #307 | 453 | — | |
| 1919 | #303 | 439 | — | |
| 1918 | #312 | 424 | — | |
| 1917 | #300 | 425 | — | |
| 1916 | #277 | 465 | — | |
| 1915 | #291 | 394 | — | |
| 1914 | #278 | 352 | — | |
| 1913 | #278 | 287 | — | |
| 1912 | #284 | 254 | — | |
| 1911 | #266 | 213 | — | |
| 1910 | #273 | 202 | — | |
| 1909 | #271 | 176 | — | |
| 1908 | #276 | 164 | — | |
| 1907 | #264 | 169 | — | |
| 1906 | #266 | 154 | — | |
| 1905 | #251 | 165 | — | |
| 1904 | #268 | 138 | — | |
| 1903 | #249 | 148 | — | |
| 1902 | #224 | 179 | — | |
| 1901 | #246 | 137 | — | |
| 1900 | #224 | 200 | — | |
| 1899 | #257 | 122 | — | |
| 1898 | #237 | 154 | — | |
| 1897 | #235 | 141 | — | |
| 1896 | #245 | 130 | — | |
| 1895 | #244 | 127 | — | |
| 1894 | #231 | 135 | — | |
| 1893 | #209 | 148 | — | |
| 1892 | #235 | 123 | — | |
| 1891 | #207 | 129 | — | |
| 1890 | #218 | 123 | — | |
| 1889 | #214 | 116 | — | |
| 1888 | #213 | 116 | — | |
| 1887 | #186 | 112 | — | |
| 1886 | #186 | 117 | — | |
| 1885 | #190 | 98 | — | |
| 1884 | #187 | 94 | — | |
| 1883 | #153 | 116 | — | |
| 1882 | #167 | 91 | — | |
| 1881 | #188 | 66 | — | |
| 1880 | #147 | 94 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cornelia was already there! It came in at #147, and was given to 94 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cornelia
- 692 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #3,130)
- 875 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #3,130)
- 1,723 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #3,130)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1962 (#848 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1967 (#999 → #1,182)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #147 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 105 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1880–1966
- Highest: 1 in 968 girls born in 1880 were named Cornelia (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,515 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.9% of all girls named Cornelia (3,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,020 | #147 (1880) | #183 |
| 1890s | 1,332 | #207 (1891) | #232 |
| 1900s | 1,630 | #224 (1900) | #254 |
| 1910s | 3,455 | #266 (1911) | #286 |
| 1920s | 3,951 | #300 (1921) | #335 |
| 1930s | 2,731 | #371 (1930) | #396 |
| 1940s | 2,509 | #420 (1941) | #479 |
| 1950s | 1,813 | #588 (1950) | #698 |
| 1960s | 1,310 | #748 (1962) | #936 |
| 1970s | 700 | #1,181 (1972) | #1,523 |
| 1980s | 526 | #1,863 (1988) | #2,057 |
| 1990s | 320 | #2,215 (1991) | #3,763 |
| 2000s | 228 | #4,527 (2000) | #5,659 |
| 2010s | 293 | #3,552 (2019) | #4,987 |
| 2020s | 258 | #3,091 (2023) | #3,594 |
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.
Cornelia in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 12,199 of them was named Cornelia, which outranked 89.2% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 406,216 of them was named Cornelia, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 573 names at #4,048; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.