Girls' name · since 1880
Cordelia
Cordelia has 12,906 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,906
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cordelia currently ranks #980 among girls' names in America, with 12,906 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Cordelia recorded 12,906 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #980 nationally today, ahead of 94% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #980 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,906 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cordelia ranks #1,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #980 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,906 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,906
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cordelia's 12,906 recorded births place it above 98.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cordelia compares
12,906 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cordelia's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cordelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,906 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 286 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cordelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cordelia's full recorded timeline at 1953, 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 1996, with just 25 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 286 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cordelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 286
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Cordelia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,277 births, 18% of the file).
2010s was Cordelia's strongest decade.
2,277 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Cordelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 546
1880s
546 births
- 1890s 575
1890s
575 births
- 1900s 600
1900s
600 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,087 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,131 births
- 1930s 839
1930s
839 births
- 1940s 780
1940s
780 births
- 1950s 772
1950s
772 births
- 1960s 566
1960s
566 births
- 1970s 352
1970s
352 births
- 1980s 338
1980s
338 births
- 1990s 367
1990s
367 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,218 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,277 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,458 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,277 births (18% of all-time use).
How Cordelia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cordelia's total volume
Cordelia by state
Where Cordelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 796 | 6.2% |
| #2 | California | | 542 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 434 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 431 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 337 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 289 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 275 | 2.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 259 | 2.0% |
796 of 12,906 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Cordelia appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cordelia's data
- Cordelia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,277 total births) through the 2020s (1,458) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Cordelias (796 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Cordelia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cordelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Cordelia 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 August 2026.