Cornelia
Girl · Latin
Cornelia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,130th for girls in the US (51 babies).
What does Cornelia mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin in quiet use since the 18th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cornelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Cornelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 51 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cornelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Cornelia, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cornelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Cornelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Kornelia 17
- Cornelia 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Cornelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Cornelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,130among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were named Cornelia, making it the 3,130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 477 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cornelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cornelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,130 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,859 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,729 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 79 | #1,334 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,270 |
| 1969 | 108 | #1,054 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,031 |
| 1967 | 81 | #1,182 |
| 1966 | 105 | #999 |
| 1965 | 117 | #944 |
| 1964 | 125 | #943 |
| 1963 | 158 | #829 |
| 1962 | 191 | #748 |
| 1961 | 155 | #848 |
| 1960 | 169 | #786 |
| 1959 | 173 | #773 |
| 1958 | 153 | #812 |
| 1957 | 168 | #770 |
| 1956 | 165 | #756 |
| 1955 | 175 | #713 |
| 1954 | 194 | #662 |
| 1953 | 174 | #684 |
| 1952 | 212 | #595 |
| 1951 | 194 | #614 |
| 1950 | 205 | #587 |
| 1949 | 217 | #566 |
| 1948 | 239 | #534 |
| 1947 | 266 | #507 |
| 1946 | 221 | #529 |
| 1945 | 241 | #460 |
| 1944 | 255 | #456 |
| 1943 | 288 | #433 |
| 1942 | 263 | #456 |
| 1941 | 268 | #420 |
| 1940 | 251 | #429 |
| 1939 | 274 | #407 |
| 1938 | 281 | #397 |
| 1937 | 256 | #402 |
| 1936 | 254 | #398 |
| 1935 | 264 | #398 |
| 1934 | 270 | #396 |
| 1933 | 256 | #403 |
| 1932 | 266 | #401 |
| 1931 | 279 | #390 |
| 1930 | 331 | #371 |
| 1929 | 338 | #358 |
| 1928 | 312 | #382 |
| 1927 | 381 | #341 |
| 1926 | 347 | #361 |
| 1925 | 397 | #336 |
| 1924 | 407 | #333 |
| 1923 | 386 | #333 |
| 1922 | 453 | #303 |
| 1921 | 477 | #300 |
| 1920 | 453 | #307 |
| 1919 | 439 | #303 |
| 1918 | 424 | #312 |
| 1917 | 425 | #300 |
| 1916 | 465 | #277 |
| 1915 | 394 | #291 |
| 1914 | 352 | #278 |
| 1913 | 287 | #278 |
| 1912 | 254 | #284 |
| 1911 | 213 | #266 |
| 1910 | 202 | #273 |
| 1909 | 176 | #271 |
| 1908 | 164 | #276 |
| 1907 | 169 | #264 |
| 1906 | 154 | #266 |
| 1905 | 165 | #251 |
| 1904 | 138 | #268 |
| 1903 | 148 | #249 |
| 1902 | 179 | #224 |
| 1901 | 137 | #246 |
| 1900 | 200 | #224 |
| 1899 | 122 | #257 |
| 1898 | 154 | #237 |
| 1897 | 141 | #235 |
| 1896 | 130 | #245 |
| 1895 | 127 | #244 |
| 1894 | 135 | #231 |
| 1893 | 148 | #209 |
| 1892 | 123 | #235 |
| 1891 | 129 | #207 |
| 1890 | 123 | #218 |
| 1889 | 116 | #214 |
| 1888 | 116 | #213 |
| 1887 | 112 | #186 |
| 1886 | 117 | #186 |
| 1885 | 98 | #190 |
| 1884 | 94 | #187 |
| 1883 | 116 | #153 |
| 1882 | 91 | #167 |
| 1881 | 66 | #188 |
| 1880 | 94 | #147 |
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