first name
CORNELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,794 people named Cornell, 83.7% reported their origin as Black, 8.6% as White and 3.7% as two or more races. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cornell peaked in 1962, when 247 babies got the name.
At least 11,695 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.
Cornell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,142. The largest share of babies named Cornell, 31.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Cornell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cornell has been most common in District of Columbia (6.9×), Louisiana (5.6×), and South Carolina (3.6×), and least common in Indiana (0.23×).
7,269 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 Cornell
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cornell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cornell ranks #1,762 of 156,621, with 19,884 people. See Cornell as a last name
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