How rare is the name Cordelia?

6,668 people in the United States have the first name Cordelia, about 1 in 45,296. It ranks #3,225 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CORDELIA

#3,225

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,668
About
1 in 45,296
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,668 people named Cordelia, 59.2% reported their origin as White, 20.8% as Black and 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cordelia peaked in 2015, when 286 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
286
In 2025*
258 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,906 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cordelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #481. The largest share of babies named Cordelia, 24.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#481546
1890s#591575
1900s#688600
1910s#1,0271,087
1920s#1,2601,131
1930s#1,360839
1940s#1,600780
1950s#1,916772
1960s#2,425566
1970s#3,666352
1980s#4,443338
1990s#5,275367
2000s#2,8911,218
2010s#2,0112,277
2020s#1,9501,458
Before 19019.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.5%
Baby boom 1946–6411%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1214.9%
2013 and later24.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cordelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cordelia has been most common in Virginia (2.5×), Kentucky (2.4×), and Oregon (1.9×), and least common in Iowa (0.38×).

5,839 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cordelia

#3,223 Kingsley · 6,673#3,224 Karley · 6,669#3,226 Tod · 6,665#3,227 Jenni · 6,662

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cordelia, most common first.

#2,994 Cordell · 7,482#19,953 Cordel · 523#31,246 Cordella · 275#43,502 Cordelle · 162#47,857 Cordula · 135#48,840 Cordellia · 129

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