Total births
11
Girls' name · since 1917
Comelia
11 babies named Comelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1917–1925
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
11 girls have been named Comelia since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Comelia has 11 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1925.
- 11 total births
- 1917–1925 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
11 girls have been named Comelia since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1925.
- 11
- total births
- 1917–1925
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade
55% of everyone ever named Comelia was born in this single decade.
1925
Single peak year
6 babies were named Comelia in 1925 - its busiest year on record.
Comelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Comelia's full recorded timeline at 1925, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Comelia at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
1925
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1917
Comelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1925
- Peak year (1925)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Comelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Comelia's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Comelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Comelia? ▼
11 babies have been named Comelia since 1917. It was last recorded in 1925. The peak year was 1925 with 6 births.
When was Comelia most popular? ▼
Comelia was most popular in the 1920s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Comelia been used? ▼
Records for Comelia go back to 1917, giving 9 years of history through 1925.
What names are similar to Comelia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Comfort, Comilla, Commie, Coma, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Comelia
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Comelia
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Comilla Girl
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Commie Girl
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Coma Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1925 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Comelia: Baby Name Since 1917 - 11 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/comelia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Comelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.