Cornelius

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn". In Ireland it was used as an anglicization of the name Connor.

From Wikipedia

Cornelius first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1958 with 160 babies (rank #107 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cornelius

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

2,661
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
160
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955130#116
1956158#104
1957153#106
1958160#107
1959145#125
1960142#122
1961124#144
1962126#145
1963120#160
1964112#171
196597#187
1966104#174
196795#187
196886#200
196969#238
197071#227
197157#264
197260#245
197347#271
197441#292
197532#331
197621#420
197737#306
197828#359
197922#412
198029#369
198121#445
198221#453
198314#543
198422#449
198527#403
198624#446
198724#459
198826#455
198920#524
199014#628
199116#598
199214#627
199314#635
199417#594
199510#727
199614#645
199712#679
19988#817
19998#829
200010#756
20018#842
20025#995
20037#875
20045#976
20057#854
20064#1,043
20076#876
20084#1,039
20094#1,015
20102#1,183
20112#1,097
20132#1,143
20153#27