Unisex name · since 1885
Cornie
Cornie has 172 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
172 girls have been named Cornie since 1885, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cornie has 172 recorded births among girls since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1930.
- #21,362 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 1885
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cornie ranks #21,362 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 1885, peaking in the 1910s.
- #21,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Cornie's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cornie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cornie's SSA record in two at 1915 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1904, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cornie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1930
- Peak year (1918)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Cornie popularity over time - boys
168 total births recorded since 1913 (Cornie as boys' name)
Cornie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (58 births, 34% of the file).
1910s was Cornie's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cornie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 17
1880s
17 births
- 1890s
1890s
27 births
- 1900s 23
1900s
23 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 58 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cornie's data
- Cornie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cornie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1885–1930 (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 Cornie 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.