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How popular is the name Cornelia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cornelias are alive today.
Cornelia (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1893rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 47% of its peak. Common short forms of Cornelia include Nellie.
The Cornelia you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Cornelias born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cornelia - on average, only one in every 1,370 such rooms contains a Cornelia.
How many babies are named Cornelia each year?
Where does Cornelia rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cornelia most popular?
Cornelia peaked in 2012, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Cornelia?
At least 230 people named Cornelia born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cornelia?
Most living Cornelias are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 13.
Is Cornelia becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.