Cordelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kor-DEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #681 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #980 for girls
Cordelia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 980th for girls in the US (258 babies).
What does Cordelia mean?
Latin: from Cordeilla in Geoffrey of Monmouth; perhaps linked to Latin cor, heart
Cordelia is King Lear's loyal youngest daughter in Shakespeare's tragedy.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cordelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Cordelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 258 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cordelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #681among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Cordelia, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 60 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cordelia than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Cordelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 650th in England and Wales.
Cordelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #681 |
| 2024 | 45 | #873 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 46 | #836 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 53 | #762 |
| 2019 | 46 | #862 |
| 2018 | 49 | #832 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 42 | #942 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 52 | #661 |
| 2004 | 57 | #595 |
| 2003 | 60 | #563 |
| 2002 | 44 | #672 |
| 2001 | 41 | #679 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 33 | #766 |
| 1998 | 42 | #657 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Cordelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #980among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 258about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 258 girls in the US were named Cordelia, making it the 980th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,006th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 286 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cordelia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Cordelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Cordelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #980 for this spelling alone.
- Cordelia 258
- Kordelia 13
Cordelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 258 | #980 |
| 2024 | 233 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 220 | #1,117 |
| 2022 | 242 | #1,052 |
| 2021 | 253 | #1,010 |
| 2020 | 252 | #1,006 |
| 2019 | 231 | #1,083 |
| 2018 | 249 | #1,035 |
| 2017 | 210 | #1,172 |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,005 |
| 2015 | 286 | #949 |
| 2014 | 267 | #993 |
| 2013 | 201 | #1,192 |
| 2012 | 208 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,301 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,358 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,877 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,639 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,545 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,399 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,980 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,909 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,821 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,622 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,443 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 61 | #1,427 |
| 1960 | 79 | #1,226 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,305 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,195 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,057 |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,156 |
| 1954 | 68 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 78 | #1,098 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,018 |
| 1950 | 86 | #977 |
| 1949 | 77 | #1,017 |
| 1948 | 90 | #913 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,105 |
| 1946 | 79 | #935 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 |
| 1944 | 89 | #808 |
| 1943 | 75 | #898 |
| 1942 | 70 | #936 |
| 1941 | 81 | #802 |
| 1940 | 86 | #741 |
| 1939 | 87 | #727 |
| 1938 | 69 | #851 |
| 1937 | 109 | #652 |
| 1936 | 92 | #695 |
| 1935 | 77 | #769 |
| 1934 | 67 | #831 |
| 1933 | 76 | #756 |
| 1932 | 84 | #734 |
| 1931 | 89 | #708 |
| 1930 | 89 | #743 |
| 1929 | 95 | #721 |
| 1928 | 79 | #805 |
| 1927 | 109 | #696 |
| 1926 | 113 | #686 |
| 1925 | 99 | #743 |
| 1924 | 131 | #653 |
| 1923 | 129 | #649 |
| 1922 | 115 | #678 |
| 1921 | 141 | #615 |
| 1920 | 120 | #661 |
| 1919 | 146 | #573 |
| 1918 | 125 | #632 |
| 1917 | 130 | #598 |
| 1916 | 147 | #547 |
| 1915 | 135 | #551 |
| 1914 | 89 | #601 |
| 1913 | 94 | #525 |
| 1912 | 90 | #503 |
| 1911 | 56 | #573 |
| 1910 | 75 | #461 |
| 1909 | 69 | #445 |
| 1908 | 56 | #479 |
| 1907 | 61 | #458 |
| 1906 | 57 | #453 |
| 1905 | 72 | #397 |
| 1904 | 54 | #438 |
| 1903 | 52 | #442 |
| 1902 | 49 | #445 |
| 1901 | 51 | #421 |
| 1900 | 79 | #375 |
| 1899 | 62 | #368 |
| 1898 | 68 | #377 |
| 1897 | 71 | #348 |
| 1896 | 51 | #396 |
| 1895 | 54 | #379 |
| 1894 | 52 | #390 |
| 1893 | 62 | #340 |
| 1892 | 56 | #351 |
| 1891 | 51 | #349 |
| 1890 | 48 | #364 |
| 1889 | 57 | #324 |
| 1888 | 54 | #327 |
| 1887 | 58 | #278 |
| 1886 | 64 | #260 |
| 1885 | 58 | #262 |
| 1884 | 58 | #257 |
| 1883 | 51 | #252 |
| 1882 | 39 | #285 |
| 1881 | 49 | #219 |
| 1880 | 58 | #204 |
Nicknames for Cordelia
- Delia 19 girls in the UK in 2025
- Cordie
Names like Cordelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cecilia Aurelia Ophelia Clara Amelia Emilia Lucia Olivia Rosa Julia Octavia Matilda
Other spellings of Cordelia
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Anthony Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cordelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cordelia, updated 20 October 2026.