first name
CORNELIUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,595 people named Cornelius, 67.1% reported their origin as Black, 25.9% as White and 3.2% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cornelius peaked in 1974, when 498 babies got the name.
At least 37,049 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.
Cornelius by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #346. The largest share of babies named Cornelius, 19.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Cornelius is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cornelius has been most common in Mississippi (4.5×), Alabama (3.4×), and Louisiana (2.6×), and least common in West Virginia (0.12×).
29,467 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 Cornelius
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cornelius, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cornelius ranks #1,828 of 156,621, with 19,242 people. See Cornelius as a last name
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