How rare is the name Cornelio?

3,724 people in the United States have the first name Cornelio, about 1 in 81,104. It ranks #4,837 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CORNELIO

#4,837

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,724
About
1 in 81,104
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,724 people named Cornelio, 86% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cornelio peaked in 1989, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
30
In 2025*
13 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,600 babies have been given the name since 1911. 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.

Cornelio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #4,211. The largest share of babies named Cornelio, 20.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,21430
1920s#4,838118
1930s#4,211121
1940s#4,229137
1950s#5,168125
1960s#6,108111
1970s#5,152212
1980s#6,728183
1990s#7,595219
2000s#11,308171
2010s#15,211117
2020s#16,87256
Greatest Generation 1901–277.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.3%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–9620.4%
Generation Z 1997–1217.1%
2013 and later7.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Cornelio

2 other first names also have 3,724 people.

Also a last name

As a last name, Cornelio ranks #11,547 of 156,621, with 2,604 people. See Cornelio as a last name

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