Cornelia
Cornelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. Its best rank was 147th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921477 births
- Best rank
- #147in 1880
- Since 1880
- 22,025people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,025 girls have been named Cornelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 477 births.
The name has all but left use: 39 births in 2024, against 477 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cornelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,020 | |
| 1890s | 1,332 | |
| 1900s | 1,630 | |
| 1910s | 3,455 | |
| 1920s | 3,951 | |
| 1930s | 2,731 | |
| 1940s | 2,509 | |
| 1950s | 1,813 | |
| 1960s | 1,310 | |
| 1970s | 700 | |
| 1980s | 526 | |
| 1990s | 320 | |
| 2000s | 228 | |
| 2010s | 293 | |
| 2020s | 207 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Cornelia was the 300th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Cornelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anniepeak 1922
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Florapeak 1920
- Elmirapeak 1921
- Melvinapeak 1920
- Henriettapeak 1918
- Jessiepeak 1918
- Almedapeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.