Cordelia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cordelia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cordelia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #532 in 2003, and it stood at #826 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#532highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#1287
1998	#607
1999	#703
2000	#930
2001	#657
2002	#620
2003	#532
2004	#551
2005	#634
2006	#783
2007	#836
2008	#817
2009	#958
2010	#1013
2011	#937
2012	#1075
2013	#982
2014	#890
2015	#860
2016	#897
2017	#836
2018	#778
2019	#823
2020	#735
2021	#957
2022	#796
2023	#1255
2024	#826

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2001: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #657 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #916 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #532 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #826 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cordelia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cordelia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	112	4 of 10	28
2000sbusiest	422	10 of 10	42
2010s	406	10 of 10	41
2020s	202	5 of 10	40

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 28, from 14 to 42.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cordelia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #532 in England and Wales in 2003.

Cordelia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#826	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1255	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#796	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#957	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#735	50	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#823	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#778	49	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#836	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#897	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#860	43	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#890	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#958	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#817	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#783	39	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#634	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#551	57	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#532	58	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#620	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#657	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#703	33	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #532, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cori · #341, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maisha · #532, 29y
Mayson · #534, 28y
Sarina · #534, 29y
Yasemin · #534, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Maisha · #532, 29y
Mariya · #533, 29y
Owais · #533, 29y
Romie · #533, 22y

Cordelia was ranked #532 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cordelia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cordelia without appearing here.

Cordelia moved ahead of

Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1255 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #826 and #1894.
Paula Compare
In 2021 they stood at #957 and #957 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #796 and #1685.
Carol Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1287 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #607 and #1480.
Barbara Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1287 and #1045 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #607 and #1392.

Moved ahead of Cordelia

Violet Compare
In 2004 they stood at #551 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #634 and #273.
Mina Compare
In 2011 they stood at #937 and #959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1075 and #722.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #634 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #783 and #456.
Astrid Compare
In 2008 they stood at #817 and #937 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #958 and #664.

Moved the opposite way to Cordelia

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cordelia went from #551 to #826 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Cordelia

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cordelia went from #607 to #1255 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #532 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cordelia

Cordelia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cordelia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cordelia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cordelia at a glance

Cordelia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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