Girls' name · since 2007
Kornelia
Kornelia has 59 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
59 girls have been named Kornelia since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kornelia has 59 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2024.
- #33,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kornelia ranks #33,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kornelia's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Kornelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kornelia's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kornelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kornelia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Kornelia's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Kornelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (75% of all-time use).
Kornelia by state
Where Kornelia concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 8.5% |
5 of 59 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kornelia's data
- Kornelia's decade-level peak was the 2010s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Kornelias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kornelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2007–2024 (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 Kornelia 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.