Corneal — boys' name
22 babies named Corneal in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Corneal was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Corneal in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Corneal
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Corneal between 1957 and 1980, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corneal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Corneal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1923.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Corneal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Corneal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Corneal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Corneal at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Corneal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1957
- Peak year (1957)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
22 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 6 births in a single year.
Corneal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1923 (Corneal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Corneal accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Corneal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 12 births that decade — 55% of Corneal's all-time total
Corneal decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Corneal's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.