Cornelious
Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
Given to boys 95.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,475since 1880
Cornelious over time
Rank among boys' names. Cornelious has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,429 | 29 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,436 | 30 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,304 | 33 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,166 | 40 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,220 | 35 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,085 | 35 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | — | #1,202 | 30 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,217 | 32 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | — | #1,138 | 37 | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cornelious was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cornelious
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1909 (#779 → #1,277)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #491 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1888
- Highest: 1 in 7,913 boys born in 1886 were named Cornelious (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 13.5% of all boys named Cornelious (335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #491 (1886) | #671 |
| 1890s | 55 | #650 (1893) | #894 |
| 1900s | 58 | #779 (1908) | #1,005 |
| 1910s | 224 | #1,037 (1915) | #1,259 |
| 1920s | 335 | #1,086 (1921) | #1,262 |
| 1930s | 294 | #1,085 (1939) | #1,249 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,258 (1943) | #1,414 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,166 (1952) | #1,480 |
| 1960s | 189 | #1,429 (1965) | #1,935 |
| 1970s | 215 | #1,603 (1972) | #2,123 |
| 1980s | 177 | #1,955 (1983) | #2,944 |
| 1990s | 144 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,549 |
| 2000s | 104 | #5,131 (2002) | #7,363 |
| 2010s | 60 | #5,675 (2011) | #8,921 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,714 (2021) | #9,714 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cornelious in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 75,341 of them was named Cornelious, which outranked 59.3% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,156Wessie16
- #2,156Wilhelmenia16
- #2,156Willette16
- #2,264Cornelious15
- #2,264Adalene15
- #2,264Albertia15
- #2,264Alliene15
- #2,384Aldora14
- #2,384Aleatha14
- #2,384Almeter14
Tied with 119 names at #2,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 28,003 of them was named Cornelious, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,159Myrl36
- #1,159Westley36
- #1,159Woodie36
- #1,188Cornelious35
- #1,188Alfonzo35
- #1,188Benjamine35
- #1,188Chalmer35
- #1,207Bernardo34
- #1,207Caleb34
- #1,207Chesley34
Tied with 18 names at #1,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.