Cornelious
Cornelious was last recorded in 2021, when 7 babies were given it; 2,588 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,160 Americans named Cornelious and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 35 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cornelious by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cornelious?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,928, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
50 babies in 1919, the peak
Cornelious peaked in 1919, when 50 babies were given it (35 boys, #1,191 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,928 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,864 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,587 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,438 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,851 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,283 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,717 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,882 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,497 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,874 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | #7,184 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,528 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,298 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,123 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,327 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,178 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,427 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,333 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,568 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,534 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,760 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,275 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,842 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,573 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 21 | #3,010 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,328 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,646 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,739 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,739 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,632 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,966 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,522 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,591 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,394 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,389 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,957 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,932 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,294 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,741 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,607 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,898 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,741 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,861 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,658 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,131 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,974 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,902 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,963 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,490 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,908 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,438 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,294 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,599 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,169 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,306 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,223 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,441 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,327 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,522 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,521 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,274 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,261 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,430 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,458 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,528 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,088 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,283 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,188 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,539 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,142 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,496 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,191 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,132 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,309 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 12 | #791 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 7 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 7 | #950 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 7 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 6 | #958 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 10 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 10 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 6 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 8 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 6 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 7 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 14 | #493 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 7 | #780 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 9 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 8 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 11 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 9 | #608 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 10 | #607 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cornelious a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,588 Americans recorded as Cornelious, 4% are girls and 96% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cornelious: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cornelious, and how old are they?
1,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 2,588 Americans ever recorded as Cornelious. The median Cornelious alive today is 52 years old; half are between 35 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 889 people named Cornelious (36 women and girls, 853 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,302 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 95 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 316 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 295 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 237 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 176 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 40,172 babies since 1880, Cornelious is the second most given (6.4% of them). In 2025 none of their 82 babies recorded by SSA was a Cornelious (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius | 37,049 | 82 | 1974 |
| Cornelious | 2,588 | under 5 | 1919 |
| Corneilus | 340 | under 5 | 1993 |
| Cornellius | 144 | under 5 | 1977 |
| Kornelius | 51 | under 5 | 2012 |
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 Cornelious
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 Cornelious and names like it
- Compare Cornelious and CorneliusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sCornelious peaked in 1919.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cornelious since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Cornelious.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Cornelious alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.