Cornell
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 97.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 213 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,347since 1890
Cornell over time
Rank among boys' names. Cornell 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 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,742 | 21 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,344 | 35 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,766 | 45 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,450 | 52 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,885 | 41 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,600 | 47 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,622 | 46 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,278 | 56 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,983 | 71 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,850 | 78 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,742 | 88 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,708 | 89 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,728 | 86 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,724 | 81 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,813 | 71 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,748 | 72 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,513 | 85 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,723 | 67 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,666 | 69 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,655 | 64 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,372 | 85 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,413 | 77 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,042 | 117 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,327 | 78 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,163 | 96 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,038 | 113 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,177 | 89 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,014 | 113 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #846 | 141 | |
| 1988 | — | #798 | 141 | |
| 1987 | — | #763 | 144 | |
| 1986 | — | #750 | 147 | |
| 1985 | — | #762 | 135 | |
| 1984 | — | #827 | 112 | |
| 1983 | — | #772 | 127 | |
| 1982 | — | #813 | 118 | |
| 1981 | — | #796 | 121 | |
| 1980 | — | #741 | 140 | |
| 1979 | — | #745 | 135 | |
| 1978 | — | #737 | 131 | |
| 1977 | — | #679 | 155 | |
| 1976 | — | #722 | 134 | |
| 1975 | — | #707 | 137 | |
| 1974 | — | #645 | 156 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #648 | 150 |
| 1972 | — | #662 | 147 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #626 | 175 |
| 1970 | — | #578 | 194 | |
| 1969 | — | #592 | 173 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #581 | 169 |
| 1967 | — | #571 | 173 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #572 | 175 |
| 1965 | — | #595 | 163 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #554 | 202 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #610 | 165 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #508 | 241 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #610 | 168 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #649 | 144 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #556 | 194 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #553 | 195 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #512 | 226 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #529 | 200 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #501 | 218 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #505 | 206 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #486 | 209 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #478 | 213 |
| 1951 | — | #490 | 191 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #542 | 159 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #494 | 179 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #480 | 192 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #535 | 158 |
| 1946 | — | #562 | 130 | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #718 | 72 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #774 | 65 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #943 | 50 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | — | #951 | 45 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #881 | 51 |
| 1939 | — | #846 | 52 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #816 | 57 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #845 | 52 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #923 | 47 |
| 1934 | — | #860 | 53 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #788 | 60 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #902 | 51 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #999 | 50 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #908 | 54 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,124 | 33 |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cornell! It came in at #884, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cornell
- 1,710 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #6,143)
- 3,007 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #6,143)
- 3,543 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1919 (#1,152 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1920 (#908 → #1,273)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1952 at #478 (213 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1931–1990
- Highest: 1 in 8,584 boys born in 1962 were named Cornell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #478 in 1952, was only 1 in 9,125 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all boys named Cornell (2,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #884 (1890) | #993 |
| 1900s | 37 | #946 (1908) | #1,044 |
| 1910s | 310 | #822 (1910) | #996 |
| 1920s | 443 | #964 (1927) | #1,059 |
| 1930s | 522 | #788 (1933) | #871 |
| 1940s | 1,004 | #480 (1948) | #716 |
| 1950s | 2,011 | #478 (1952) | #515 |
| 1960s | 1,773 | #508 (1962) | #584 |
| 1970s | 1,514 | #578 (1970) | #675 |
| 1980s | 1,326 | #741 (1980) | #787 |
| 1990s | 949 | #963 (1990) | #1,216 |
| 2000s | 768 | #1,513 (2003) | #1,721 |
| 2010s | 529 | #1,850 (2010) | #2,482 |
| 2020s | 150 | #3,136 (2020) | #4,404 |
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.
Cornell in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 123,306 of them was named Cornell, which outranked 46.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,941Zilla11
- #2,941Zillah11
- #2,941Zulema11
- #3,164Cornell10
- #3,164Adalene10
- #3,164Adelfa10
- #3,164Ala10
- #3,400Adalyn9
- #3,400Adelyne9
- #3,400Adina9
Tied with 235 names at #3,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 25,615 of them was named Cornell, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,058Marshal44
- #1,058Oneal44
- #1,058Willian44
- #1,069Cornell43
- #1,069Adolfo43
- #1,069Collins43
- #1,069Davie43
- #1,086Alonza42
- #1,086Bart42
- #1,086Baxter42
Tied with 16 names at #1,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.