Cordelia
Cordelia was given to 258 girls in 2025, #981 among girls’ names; 12,906 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,680 Americans named Cordelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 8 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cordelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cordelia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cordelia is “a female given name from Latin.”
Shakespeare’s spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint’s name Cordula.
/kɔɹˈdili.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cordelia?
#981 among girls’ names, 2025
Cordelia fell from #949 in 2015 to #981 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born held at 0.16 per 1,000.
286 babies in 2015, the peak
Cordelia peaked in 2015, when 286 girls were given it, #949 among girls’ names. The 258 births of 2025 are 90% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 258 | #981 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 233 | #1,066 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 220 | #1,117 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 242 | #1,052 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 253 | #1,010 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 252 | #1,006 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 231 | #1,083 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 249 | #1,036 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 210 | #1,173 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,005 | 0.15 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 286 | #949 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 267 | #993 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 201 | #1,193 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 208 | #1,181 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,302 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,301 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,359 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,688 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,878 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,641 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,433 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,547 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,349 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,608 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,412 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,405 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,900 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,403 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,560 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,203 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,737 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,715 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,298 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,512 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,549 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,966 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,664 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,702 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,582 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,213 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,022 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,091 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,918 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,710 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,000 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,396 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,874 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,694 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,675 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,104 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,174 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,693 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,027 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,283 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,037 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,086 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,983 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,917 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,323 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,624 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,267 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 61 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 79 | #1,226 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,197 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 68 | #1,213 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 78 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 86 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 77 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 90 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 79 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 68 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 89 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 75 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 70 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 81 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 86 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 87 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 69 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 109 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 92 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 77 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 67 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 76 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 84 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 89 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 89 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 95 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 79 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 109 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 113 | #688 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 99 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 131 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 129 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 115 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 141 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 120 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 146 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 125 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 130 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 147 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 135 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 89 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 94 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 90 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 56 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 75 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 69 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 56 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 61 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 57 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1905 | 72 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1904 | 54 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 52 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 49 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 51 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 79 | #375 | 0.26 |
| 1899 | 62 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1898 | 68 | #377 | 0.26 |
| 1897 | 71 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1896 | 51 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 54 | #380 | 0.23 |
| 1894 | 52 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1893 | 62 | #341 | 0.29 |
| 1892 | 56 | #352 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 51 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1890 | 48 | #364 | 0.25 |
| 1889 | 57 | #325 | 0.32 |
| 1888 | 54 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1887 | 58 | #279 | 0.40 |
| 1886 | 64 | #260 | 0.44 |
| 1885 | 58 | #262 | 0.44 |
| 1884 | 58 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1883 | 51 | #252 | 0.45 |
| 1882 | 39 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1881 | 49 | #219 | 0.53 |
| 1880 | 58 | #204 | 0.64 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cordelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cordelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Cordelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cordelia, and how old are they?
7,680 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 12,906 Americans ever recorded as Cordelia. The median Cordelia alive today is 17 years old; half are between 8 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 6,668 people named Cordelia (6,658 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,746 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 429 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 580 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 514 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,910 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,150 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cordelia born?
The states with the most babies named Cordelia are California, New York and Texas, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 23 | #1,121 | 0.5× |
| New York | 21 | #767 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 18 | #1,369 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 15 | #648 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #790 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,349 | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 10 | #513 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #762 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 9 | #695 | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 9 | #668 | 0.5× |
Where Cordelia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cordelia is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cordelia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 13,454 babies since 1880, Cordelia is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 258 of their 271 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cordelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cordelia and names like it
- Compare Cordelia and CordellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sCordelia peaked in 2015.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cordelia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Cordelia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Cordelia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Cordelia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.