Cordelia

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's King Lear, a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin.

From Wikipedia

Cordelia first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 286 babies (rank #949 that year). In 2024 it was given to 233 girls (rank #1,065). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Cordelia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cordelia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

12,646

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

286

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Shakespeare: Cordelia — King Lear
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Cordelia Chase — queen bee turned seer

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	58	#204
1881	49	#219
1882	39	#285
1883	51	#252
1884	58	#257
1885	58	#262
1886	64	#260
1887	58	#279
1888	54	#327
1889	57	#325
1890	48	#364
1891	51	#349
1892	56	#352
1893	62	#341
1894	52	#390
1895	54	#380
1896	51	#397
1897	71	#348
1898	68	#377
1899	62	#368
1900	79	#375
1901	51	#421
1902	49	#446
1903	52	#443
1904	54	#438
1905	72	#397
1906	57	#455
1907	61	#458
1908	56	#479
1909	69	#447
1910	75	#461
1911	56	#574
1912	90	#506
1913	94	#526
1914	89	#603
1915	135	#551
1916	147	#547
1917	130	#598
1918	125	#632
1919	146	#573
1920	120	#661
1921	141	#616
1922	115	#678
1923	129	#650
1924	131	#654
1925	99	#744
1926	113	#688
1927	109	#697
1928	79	#806
1929	95	#723
1930	89	#743
1931	89	#711
1932	84	#734
1933	76	#756
1934	67	#833
1935	77	#769
1936	92	#696
1937	109	#652
1938	69	#852
1939	87	#728
1940	86	#742
1941	81	#802
1942	70	#937
1943	75	#898
1944	89	#808
1945	68	#916
1946	79	#938
1947	65	#1,107
1948	90	#915
1949	77	#1,019
1950	86	#980
1951	83	#1,022
1952	67	#1,158
1953	78	#1,099
1954	68	#1,214
1955	74	#1,157
1956	93	#1,060
1957	77	#1,204
1958	79	#1,198
1959	67	#1,307
1960	79	#1,227
1961	61	#1,431
1962	76	#1,267
1963	54	#1,523
1964	61	#1,447
1965	48	#1,624
1966	67	#1,323
1967	41	#1,824
1968	39	#1,916
1969	40	#1,983
1970	39	#2,086
1971	41	#2,037
1972	33	#2,283
1973	40	#2,027
1974	27	#2,693
1975	39	#2,174
1976	41	#2,103
1977	31	#2,675
1978	31	#2,694
1979	30	#2,874
1980	40	#2,396
1981	29	#3,000
1982	34	#2,711
1983	29	#2,919
1984	28	#3,092
1985	30	#3,022
1986	28	#3,215
1987	39	#2,584
1988	39	#2,707
1989	42	#2,670
1990	38	#2,971
1991	30	#3,555
1992	31	#3,516
1993	34	#3,303
1994	29	#3,720
1995	44	#2,742
1996	25	#4,208
1997	32	#3,563
1998	58	#2,406
1999	46	#2,903
2000	64	#2,409
2001	65	#2,416
2002	115	#1,609
2003	150	#1,350
2004	128	#1,548
2005	149	#1,433
2006	129	#1,640
2007	111	#1,878
2008	132	#1,688
2009	175	#1,359
2010	180	#1,306
2011	181	#1,302
2012	208	#1,181
2013	201	#1,192
2014	267	#993
2015	286	#949
2016	263	#1,005
2017	210	#1,173
2018	249	#1,035
2019	231	#1,083
2020	252	#1,006
2021	253	#1,009
2022	242	#1,051
2023	219	#1,117
2024	233	#1,065