Cornel
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,174since 1919
Cornel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cornel has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,213 | 37 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #906 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
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| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1919
The first year at least five boys were named Cornel! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cornel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cornel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cornel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1947
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1948
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1947 at #906 (59 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,010
- Highest: 1 in 31,010 boys born in 1947 were named Cornel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 22.4% of all boys named Cornel (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 36 | #3,408 (1925) | #3,786 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,609 (1930) | #3,173 |
| 1940s | 198 | #906 (1947) | #2,222 |
| 1950s | 263 | #1,213 (1952) | #1,556 |
| 1960s | 193 | #1,573 (1967) | #1,859 |
| 1970s | 138 | #2,058 (1970) | #2,865 |
| 1980s | 103 | #3,079 (1988) | #4,251 |
| 1990s | 90 | #4,005 (1991) | #6,227 |
| 2000s | 68 | #5,667 (2001) | #8,137 |
| 2010s | 23 | #9,693 (2010) | #11,234 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,542 |
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.
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