Cornell
Boy · kor-NEL · English
Cornell is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Cornell mean?
English: English surname, partly from Cornelius
Known through Cornell University, co-founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell in Ithaca, New York.
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Is Cornell a girl's or a boy's name?
Cornell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cornell in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 boys.
Cornell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Cornell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Cornell, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 241 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had fewer boys named Cornell than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Cornell in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1973, 3% of the babies named Cornell in the US were girls.
Cornell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,982 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2008 | 89 | #1,708 |
| 2007 | 86 | #1,728 |
| 2006 | 81 | #1,724 |
| 2005 | 71 | #1,810 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,662 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,369 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 117 | #1,040 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,322 |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,159 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,034 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,173 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,008 |
| 1990 | 117 | #959 |
| 1989 | 141 | #843 |
| 1988 | 141 | #797 |
| 1987 | 144 | #763 |
| 1986 | 147 | #750 |
| 1985 | 135 | #762 |
| 1984 | 112 | #827 |
| 1983 | 127 | #772 |
| 1982 | 118 | #813 |
| 1981 | 121 | #796 |
| 1980 | 140 | #741 |
| 1979 | 135 | #745 |
| 1978 | 131 | #737 |
| 1977 | 155 | #679 |
| 1976 | 134 | #722 |
| 1975 | 137 | #707 |
| 1974 | 156 | #645 |
| 1973 | 150 | #648 |
| 1972 | 147 | #662 |
| 1971 | 175 | #626 |
| 1970 | 194 | #578 |
| 1969 | 173 | #592 |
| 1968 | 169 | #581 |
| 1967 | 173 | #571 |
| 1966 | 175 | #572 |
| 1965 | 163 | #595 |
| 1964 | 202 | #554 |
| 1963 | 165 | #610 |
| 1962 | 241 | #508 |
| 1961 | 168 | #610 |
| 1960 | 144 | #648 |
| 1959 | 194 | #556 |
| 1958 | 195 | #552 |
| 1957 | 226 | #511 |
| 1956 | 200 | #528 |
| 1955 | 218 | #500 |
| 1954 | 206 | #504 |
| 1953 | 209 | #485 |
| 1952 | 213 | #477 |
| 1951 | 191 | #489 |
| 1950 | 159 | #541 |
| 1949 | 179 | #493 |
| 1948 | 192 | #480 |
| 1947 | 158 | #535 |
| 1946 | 130 | #562 |
| 1945 | 72 | #718 |
| 1944 | 65 | #774 |
| 1943 | 50 | #943 |
| 1942 | 62 | #821 |
| 1941 | 45 | #951 |
| 1940 | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | 52 | #846 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | 52 | #845 |
| 1936 | 48 | #882 |
| 1935 | 47 | #923 |
| 1934 | 53 | #860 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 51 | #902 |
| 1931 | 57 | #831 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,021 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1925 | 48 | #984 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 |
| 1922 | 50 | #999 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,273 |
| 1919 | 54 | #908 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 48 | #919 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
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