Cornelia

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius or Cornelis. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Cornie, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia. Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right.

From Wikipedia

Cornelia 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 1921 with 477 babies (rank #300 that year). In 2024 it was given to 39 girls (rank #3,824). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Cornelia

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.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.
2PersonalityThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

22,051

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

477

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Cornelia

Cornelia Funkeyoung adult author · b. 1958
Cornelia Jakobssongwriter · b. 1992
Cornelia Dorabujilawyer · b. 1866
Cornelia Froboessfilm actor · b. 1943

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	94	#147
1881	66	#188
1882	91	#167
1883	116	#153
1884	94	#187
1885	98	#190
1886	117	#186
1887	112	#186
1888	116	#214
1889	116	#214
1890	123	#218
1891	129	#207
1892	123	#236
1893	148	#209
1894	135	#231
1895	127	#244
1896	130	#246
1897	141	#235
1898	154	#237
1899	122	#257
1900	200	#224
1901	137	#246
1902	179	#225
1903	148	#249
1904	138	#268
1905	165	#252
1906	154	#267
1907	169	#264
1908	164	#277
1909	176	#271
1910	202	#273
1911	213	#266
1912	254	#285
1913	287	#278
1914	352	#278
1915	394	#291
1916	465	#277
1917	425	#300
1918	424	#312
1919	439	#304
1920	453	#307
1921	477	#300
1922	453	#304
1923	386	#333
1924	407	#333
1925	397	#336
1926	347	#361
1927	381	#341
1928	312	#382
1929	338	#358
1930	331	#371
1931	279	#390
1932	266	#401
1933	256	#404
1934	270	#396
1935	264	#398
1936	254	#398
1937	256	#403
1938	281	#397
1939	274	#407
1940	251	#429
1941	268	#420
1942	263	#456
1943	288	#434
1944	255	#456
1945	241	#460
1946	221	#530
1947	267	#506
1948	238	#536
1949	217	#567
1950	205	#588
1951	194	#616
1952	212	#596
1953	174	#685
1954	194	#663
1955	175	#714
1956	165	#757
1957	168	#771
1958	153	#813
1959	173	#774
1960	169	#787
1961	155	#848
1962	191	#749
1963	158	#829
1964	125	#943
1965	117	#945
1966	105	#1,002
1967	81	#1,182
1968	101	#1,033
1969	108	#1,055
1970	86	#1,272
1971	88	#1,254
1972	91	#1,184
1973	70	#1,402
1974	79	#1,335
1975	56	#1,690
1976	62	#1,605
1977	52	#1,906
1978	60	#1,731
1979	56	#1,880
1980	52	#2,021
1981	57	#1,891
1982	49	#2,083
1983	50	#2,029
1984	51	#1,997
1985	45	#2,262
1986	46	#2,232
1987	50	#2,163
1988	66	#1,869
1989	60	#2,081
1990	36	#3,090
1991	59	#2,218
1992	41	#2,879
1993	35	#3,235
1994	24	#4,272
1995	33	#3,372
1996	25	#4,209
1997	17	#5,680
1998	23	#4,665
1999	27	#4,225
2000	26	#4,556
2001	23	#5,049
2002	25	#4,797
2003	25	#4,974
2004	15	#7,480
2005	23	#5,481
2006	23	#5,761
2007	16	#7,814
2008	31	#4,787
2009	21	#6,364
2010	24	#5,652
2011	18	#6,922
2012	18	#6,930
2013	37	#4,021
2014	25	#5,347
2015	28	#4,883
2016	36	#4,104
2017	32	#4,413
2018	32	#4,374
2019	43	#3,563
2020	35	#4,025
2021	43	#3,560
2022	37	#3,983
2023	53	#3,103
2024	39	#3,824