Cornelius
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #1,906 for boys in 2025, 82 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 107 births
- Debut · boys
- 92 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,407since 1880
Cornelius over time
Rank among boys' names. Cornelius 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 | — | #1,906 | 82 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,156 | 68 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,896 | 83 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,760 | 94 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,815 | 86 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,512 | 111 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,564 | 107 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,707 | 92 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,541 | 106 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,234 | 151 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,198 | 154 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,205 | 152 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,186 | 151 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,191 | 151 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,159 | 154 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,240 | 142 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,112 | 166 | |
| 2008 | — | #987 | 199 | |
| 2007 | — | #981 | 200 | |
| 2006 | — | #926 | 204 | |
| 2005 | — | #987 | 175 | |
| 2004 | — | #967 | 173 | |
| 2003 | — | #789 | 222 | |
| 2002 | — | #862 | 192 | |
| 2001 | — | #867 | 185 | |
| 2000 | — | #789 | 207 | |
| 1999 | — | #715 | 230 | |
| 1998 | — | #702 | 237 | |
| 1997 | — | #711 | 222 | |
| 1996 | — | #673 | 244 | |
| 1995 | — | #642 | 261 | |
| 1994 | — | #629 | 273 | |
| 1993 | — | #588 | 306 | |
| 1992 | — | #541 | 353 | |
| 1991 | — | #518 | 369 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #486 | 396 |
| 1989 | — | #452 | 432 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #473 | 374 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #447 | 394 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #434 | 391 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #438 | 378 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #405 | 410 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #414 | 386 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #398 | 422 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #380 | 454 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #392 | 439 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #398 | 399 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #374 | 426 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #390 | 408 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #379 | 411 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #379 | 417 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #346 | 486 |
| 1973 | — | #364 | 451 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #415 | 365 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #467 | 306 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #463 | 306 |
| 1969 | — | #460 | 274 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #483 | 246 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #466 | 265 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #488 | 245 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #468 | 279 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #492 | 260 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #476 | 279 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #483 | 268 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #433 | 340 |
| 1960 | — | #450 | 321 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #446 | 321 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #435 | 323 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #423 | 339 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #420 | 321 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #392 | 339 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #394 | 332 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #412 | 291 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #372 | 336 |
| 1951 | — | #376 | 328 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #402 | 285 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #382 | 311 |
| 1948 | — | #377 | 326 | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #388 | 312 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #421 | 227 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #369 | 263 |
| 1944 | — | #392 | 239 | |
| 1943 | — | #376 | 265 | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #364 | 275 |
| 1941 | — | #367 | 253 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #350 | 262 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #342 | 269 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #334 | 279 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #323 | 279 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #314 | 291 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #316 | 292 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #306 | 314 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #303 | 315 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #291 | 353 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #292 | 362 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #299 | 368 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #290 | 373 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #288 | 384 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #286 | 390 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #294 | 370 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #290 | 389 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #286 | 402 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #283 | 395 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #272 | 436 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #265 | 449 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #263 | 433 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #261 | 415 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #249 | 453 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #259 | 387 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #248 | 402 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #248 | 372 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #258 | 283 |
| 1913 | — | #226 | 277 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #221 | 243 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #213 | 138 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #244 | 96 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #217 | 98 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #224 | 86 |
| 1907 | — | #194 | 106 | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #192 | 94 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #201 | 86 |
| 1904 | — | #172 | 106 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #180 | 92 |
| 1902 | — | #177 | 96 | |
| 1901 | — | #192 | 76 | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #182 | 116 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #193 | 70 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #193 | 78 |
| 1897 | — | #171 | 91 | |
| 1896 | — | #192 | 85 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #182 | 86 |
| 1894 | — | #153 | 100 | |
| 1893 | — | #176 | 81 | |
| 1892 | — | #156 | 103 | |
| 1891 | — | #171 | 75 | |
| 1890 | — | #167 | 84 | |
| 1889 | — | #173 | 77 | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #146 | 105 |
| 1887 | — | #157 | 79 | |
| 1886 | — | #145 | 95 | |
| 1885 | — | #141 | 96 | |
| 1884 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1883 | — | #133 | 92 | |
| 1882 | — | #130 | 107 | |
| 1881 | — | #154 | 80 | |
| 1880 | — | #147 | 92 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cornelius was already there! It came in at #147, and was given to 92 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 95 boys a year got the name.
Where Cornelius is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#133 · 1 in 702
- Mississippi#138 · 1 in 711
- Georgia#177 · 1 in 1,133
- Tennessee#206 · 1 in 1,566
- South Carolina#213 · 1 in 1,317
Best ever in a state: #83 in New Jersey, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #133 | 36 | 1 in 702 |
| Mississippi | #138 | 24 | 1 in 711 |
| Georgia | #177 | 39 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Tennessee | #206 | 20 | 1 in 1,566 |
| South Carolina | #213 | 16 | 1 in 1,317 |
| District of Columbia | #222 | 6 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Arkansas | #263 | 7 | 1 in 2,109 |
| Florida | #271 | 38 | 1 in 2,011 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 15 | 1 in 2,726 |
| Illinois | #307 | 29 | 1 in 2,752 |
| Virginia | #332 | 11 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Wisconsin | #352 | 7 | 1 in 4,742 |
| Louisiana | #365 | 13 | 1 in 2,619 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,748 |
| Michigan | #388 | 13 | 1 in 4,909 |
| Indiana | #494 | 5 | 1 in 7,391 |
| Missouri | #496 | 5 | 1 in 7,195 |
| Ohio | #514 | 8 | 1 in 9,436 |
| Texas | #521 | 27 | 1 in 5,419 |
| Pennsylvania | #576 | 7 | 1 in 11,031 |
| California | #672 | 22 | 1 in 10,377 |
| New York | #889 | 8 | 1 in 15,274 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cornelius
- 250 spots since 2024 (#2,156 → #1,906)
- 394 spots since 2020 (#1,512 → #1,906)
- 708 spots since 2015 (#1,198 → #1,906)
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 2003 (#862 → #789)
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 2004 (#789 → #967)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #130 (107 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
- Highest: 1 in 1,062 boys born in 1882 were named Cornelius (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,830 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 11.2% of all boys named Cornelius (4,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 911 | #130 (1882) | #148 |
| 1890s | 853 | #153 (1894) | #175 |
| 1900s | 956 | #172 (1904) | #193 |
| 1910s | 3,066 | #213 (1911) | #243 |
| 1920s | 4,021 | #263 (1920) | #282 |
| 1930s | 3,122 | #291 (1932) | #312 |
| 1940s | 2,733 | #350 (1940) | #379 |
| 1950s | 3,215 | #372 (1952) | #407 |
| 1960s | 2,777 | #433 (1961) | #470 |
| 1970s | 3,975 | #346 (1974) | #398 |
| 1980s | 4,080 | #380 (1981) | #423 |
| 1990s | 2,891 | #486 (1990) | #621 |
| 2000s | 1,923 | #789 (2003) | #927 |
| 2010s | 1,360 | #1,159 (2011) | #1,323 |
| 2020s | 524 | #1,512 (2020) | #1,841 |
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.
Cornelius in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 171,555 of them was named Cornelius, which outranked 48.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,156Zaira11
- #6,156Zarina11
- #6,156Zoey11
- #6,612Cornelius10
- #6,612Adeena10
- #6,612Adella10
- #6,612Adrean10
- #7,134Aarin9
- #7,134Aarti9
- #7,134Adel9
Tied with 521 names at #6,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 4,710 of them was named Cornelius, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.