Masculine dossier · first seen 1890

Cornell

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

Endangered Down 90.5% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

241

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1890Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

90.5%

2024

All-time

11,333

Cornell 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 1962, when 241 boys were named Cornell.

In 2024, only 23 boys were given the name.

Down 90.5% from its peak.

All told, about 11,333 Americans have been named Cornell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1890.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.5% from peak

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