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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cornelius has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #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 | |
First appearance
1880
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 1881
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Cornelius
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #130 (107 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,062
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 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 1881
boys
#154
80 births · 1 in 1,259 boys
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 1,259 of them was named Cornelius, which outranked 84.5% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).