Cornelia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cornelia: Recorded since 1952, it reached #90 in 2019, and it stood at #118 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#1970
2000	#3247
2002	#2540
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#1893
2013	#2313
2014	#2203
2015	#2070
2016	#2757
2017	#2341
2018	#2187
2019	#3541
2020	#2300
2021	#3192
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 61 of the 74 years from 1952 to 2025.

In 2025: #118 among girls in Norway, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #379 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2025
Highest recorded position: #90 among girls in Norway, in 2019 (recorded 1952–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #118 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Cornelia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 1,464 births with the name.

Cornelia across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cornelia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#379 (1952)	#90 (2019)	#118 (2025)	61 of 74	1,464 (1952–2025)	66 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#372 (1964)	#885 (2025)	11 of 62	39 (1964–2025)	6 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1893 (2012)	#3695 (2024)	28 of 29	199 (1996–2024)	15 (2012)

Cornelia by decade in Norway · 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 Cornelia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	16	3 of 10	5
1960s	54	9 of 10	6
1970s	40	7 of 10	6
1980s	39	6 of 10	7
1990s	119	10 of 10	12
2000s	329	10 of 10	33
2010sbusiest	579	10 of 10	58
2020s	288	6 of 10	48

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 58 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cornelia 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 3 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Norway in 2019.

Cornelia'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#118	47	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#101	53	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#112	51	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#106	50	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#112	45	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#119	42	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#90	66	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#101	59	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#105	57	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#108	58	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#112	56	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#110	54	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#129	47	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#124	54	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#106	65	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#110	63	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#125	56	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#151	43	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#179	34	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#138	47	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#177	33	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#230	22	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#209	25	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#218	22	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#195	26	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#234	21	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#277	15	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#323	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#253	17	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#326	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#314	13	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#463	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#429	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#360	12	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#442	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#445	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#646	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#595	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#493	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#509	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#540	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#454	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#396	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#575	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#585	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#523	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#488	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#453	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#540	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#444	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#362	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#360	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#427	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#396	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#351	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#433	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#379	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 2019.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in Norway in 2019.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 44 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.

Corinne · #358, 44y
Cormac · #37, 62y
Cornelius · #39, 62y
Corran · #268, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Finbar · #90, 61y
Muireann · #87, 61y
Winifred · #93, 61y
Fintan · #85, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Howard · #90, 53y
Ted · #90, 55y
Kaye · #89, 20y
Harold · #88, 50y

Cornelia was ranked #90 in Norway · Girls in 2019. 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.

Cornelia 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 Cornelia without appearing here.

Cornelia moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1893 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1893 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1893 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1893 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Cornelia

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Cornelia

Anita Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 while Anita went from #90 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 while Åse went from #31 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 while Aud went from #11 to #427.

Moved the same way as Cornelia

Ada Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 and Ada from #217 to #18.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 and Alexandra from #400 to #212.
Andrea Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 and Andrea from #401 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Cornelia went from #379 to #118 and Anna from #62 to #23.

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 3 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Norway in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cornelia

Cornelia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cornelia across 3 official records

Cornelia by decade in Norway · Girls

Cornelia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Cornelia and the names beside it

Cornelia moved ahead of

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Cornelia at a glance

Cornelia across 3 official records

Cornelia by decade in Norway · Girls

Cornelia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Cornelia

Cornelia and the names beside it

Cornelia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cornelia

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