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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cornelious has never cracked the top 400 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 | 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 | |
First appearance
1880
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.
Where Cornelious is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cornelious in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1896
- Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1909
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #491 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,913
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 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.
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