Cornelius — #2150 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cornelius

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,324 babies named Cornelius between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cornelius currently holds the #2150 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 486 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cornelius performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 4,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cornelius shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,839 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cornelius in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cornelius 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 36,324 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.