Unisex name · since 1957
Corneal
Corneal has 22 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Corneal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 1957.
Corneal has 22 recorded births among boys since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1980.
- #28,100 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1957
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corneal ranks #28,100 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1957, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Corneal's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Corneal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Corneal splits its recorded history at 1971: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Corneal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1980
- Peak year (1957)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Corneal popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1923 (Corneal as girls' name)
Corneal by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Corneal's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Corneal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Corneal's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Corneal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1957–1980 (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 Corneal 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.