Cornel
Boy · kor-NEL · Latin
Cornel is a boys' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cornel mean?
Latin: Romanian and Dutch form of Cornelius
A form of Cornelius used in Romania and elsewhere; cornel is also an English name for the dogwood tree.
- Say it
- kor-NEL
Is Cornel a girl's or a boy's name?
Cornel is a boys' name.
How popular is Cornel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Cornel in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cornel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | 59 | #905 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
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