Cornelia is an established girls' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Cornelia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,138 for girl births in the United States (and #5,549 across all names), given to 51 babies. Cornelia first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (477 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | #3,138 | — |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | #3,838 | — |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | #3,107 | — |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | #3,985 | — |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | #3,562 | — |
| 2020 | 35 | 35 | #4,027 | — |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 | #3,564 | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | #4,374 | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | #4,414 | — |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | #4,107 | — |
| 2015 | 28 | 28 | #4,883 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | #5,347 | — |
| 2013 | 37 | 37 | #4,021 | — |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #6,934 | — |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | #6,924 | — |
| 2010 | 24 | 24 | #5,653 | — |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | #6,366 | — |
| 2008 | 31 | 31 | #4,787 | — |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #7,816 | — |
| 2006 | 23 | 23 | #5,761 | — |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | #5,482 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,481 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #4,974 | — |
| 2002 | 25 | 25 | #4,798 | — |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | #5,049 | — |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #4,556 | — |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | #4,225 | — |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | #4,665 | — |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #5,680 | — |
| 1996 | 25 | — | #4,209 | — |
| 1995 | 33 | — | #3,372 | — |
| 1994 | 24 | — | #4,271 | — |
| 1993 | 35 | — | #3,235 | — |
| 1992 | 41 | — | #2,879 | — |
| 1991 | 59 | — | #2,218 | — |
| 1990 | 36 | — | #3,090 | — |
| 1989 | 60 | — | #2,081 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | — | #1,869 | — |
| 1987 | 50 | — | #2,163 | — |
| 1986 | 46 | — | #2,232 | — |
| 1985 | 45 | — | #2,261 | — |
| 1984 | 51 | — | #1,997 | — |
| 1983 | 50 | — | #2,029 | — |
| 1982 | 49 | — | #2,083 | — |
| 1981 | 57 | — | #1,891 | — |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #2,021 | — |
| 1979 | 56 | — | #1,880 | — |
| 1978 | 60 | — | #1,731 | — |
| 1977 | 52 | — | #1,906 | — |
| 1976 | 62 | — | #1,605 | — |
| 1975 | 56 | — | #1,690 | — |
| 1974 | 79 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1973 | 70 | — | #1,402 | — |
| 1972 | 91 | — | #1,184 | — |
| 1971 | 88 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1970 | 86 | — | #1,272 | — |
| 1969 | 108 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1968 | 101 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1967 | 81 | — | #1,182 | — |
| 1966 | 105 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1965 | 117 | — | #945 | — |
| 1964 | 125 | — | #943 | — |
| 1963 | 163 | — | #829 | #4,154 |
| 1962 | 191 | — | #749 | — |
| 1961 | 155 | — | #848 | — |
| 1960 | 169 | — | #786 | — |
| 1959 | 173 | — | #774 | — |
| 1958 | 153 | — | #813 | — |
| 1957 | 168 | — | #771 | — |
| 1956 | 165 | — | #757 | — |
| 1955 | 175 | — | #714 | — |
| 1954 | 194 | — | #663 | — |
| 1953 | 174 | — | #685 | — |
| 1952 | 212 | — | #596 | — |
| 1951 | 194 | — | #616 | — |
| 1950 | 205 | — | #588 | — |
| 1949 | 217 | — | #567 | — |
| 1948 | 239 | — | #535 | — |
| 1947 | 266 | — | #507 | — |
| 1946 | 221 | — | #530 | — |
| 1945 | 241 | — | #460 | — |
| 1944 | 255 | — | #456 | — |
| 1943 | 288 | — | #434 | — |
| 1942 | 263 | — | #456 | — |
| 1941 | 268 | — | #420 | — |
| 1940 | 251 | — | #429 | — |
| 1939 | 274 | — | #407 | — |
| 1938 | 281 | — | #397 | — |
| 1937 | 256 | — | #403 | — |
| 1936 | 254 | — | #398 | — |
| 1935 | 264 | — | #398 | — |
| 1934 | 277 | — | #396 | #3,028 |
| 1933 | 256 | — | #404 | — |
| 1932 | 266 | — | #401 | — |
| 1931 | 279 | — | #390 | — |
| 1930 | 331 | — | #371 | — |
| 1929 | 338 | — | #358 | — |
| 1928 | 312 | — | #382 | — |
| 1927 | 381 | — | #341 | — |
| 1926 | 353 | — | #361 | #3,797 |
| 1925 | 405 | — | #336 | #3,199 |
| 1924 | 407 | — | #333 | — |
| 1923 | 386 | — | #333 | — |
| 1922 | 453 | — | #304 | — |
| 1921 | 477 | — | #300 | — |
| 1920 | 453 | — | #307 | — |
| 1919 | 439 | — | #304 | — |
| 1918 | 424 | — | #312 | — |
| 1917 | 425 | — | #300 | — |
| 1916 | 465 | — | #277 | — |
| 1915 | 394 | — | #291 | — |
| 1914 | 352 | — | #278 | — |
| 1913 | 287 | — | #278 | — |
| 1912 | 254 | — | #285 | — |
| 1911 | 213 | — | #266 | — |
| 1910 | 202 | — | #273 | — |
| 1909 | 176 | — | #271 | — |
| 1908 | 164 | — | #277 | — |
| 1907 | 169 | — | #264 | — |
| 1906 | 154 | — | #267 | — |
| 1905 | 165 | — | #252 | — |
| 1904 | 138 | — | #268 | — |
| 1903 | 148 | — | #249 | — |
| 1902 | 179 | — | #225 | — |
| 1901 | 137 | — | #246 | — |
| 1900 | 200 | — | #224 | — |
| 1899 | 122 | — | #257 | — |
| 1898 | 154 | — | #237 | — |
| 1897 | 141 | — | #235 | — |
| 1896 | 130 | — | #246 | — |
| 1895 | 127 | — | #244 | — |
| 1894 | 135 | — | #231 | — |
| 1893 | 148 | — | #209 | — |
| 1892 | 123 | — | #236 | — |
| 1891 | 129 | — | #207 | — |
| 1890 | 123 | — | #218 | — |
| 1889 | 116 | — | #214 | — |
| 1888 | 116 | — | #214 | — |
| 1887 | 112 | — | #186 | — |
| 1886 | 117 | — | #186 | — |
| 1885 | 98 | — | #190 | — |
| 1884 | 94 | — | #187 | — |
| 1883 | 116 | — | #153 | — |
| 1882 | 91 | — | #167 | — |
| 1881 | 66 | — | #188 | — |
| 1880 | 94 | — | #147 | — |