Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Cornelia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cornelia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.8% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

477

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

91.8%

2024

All-time

22,025

Cornelia once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 477 girls were named Cornelia.

In 2024, only 39 girls were given the name.

Down 91.8% from its peak.

All told, about 22,025 Americans have been named Cornelia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.8% from peak

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