Cornel — #11013 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cornel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,174 babies named Cornel between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cornel currently holds the #11013 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cornel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Cornel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Cornel in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cornel 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 1,174 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.