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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Cornelius has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #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 | |
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 1908
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Cornelius
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #130 (107 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
- 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%)
- 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 1908
Top girls' names in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
girls
334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 47,759 of them was named Cornelius, which outranked 31.1% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,547Zara8
- #1,547Zera8
- #1,547Zilpha8
- #1,676Cornelius7
- #1,676Adelene7
- #1,676Ala7
- #1,676Alliene7
- #1,862Adalyn6
- #1,862Adine6
- #1,862Agustina6
Tied with 185 names at #1,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 1,795 of them was named Cornelius, which outranked 85.9% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.