How popular is “Cornelius” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cornelius” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cornelius” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cornelius” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cornelius” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cornelius” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cornelius” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cornelius” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	92	0.000456612		92	-100%
1881	80	0.000415179		80	-100%
1882	107	0.000482998		107	-100%
1883	92	0.000424069		92	-100%
1884	88	0.000361454		88	-100%
1885	96	0.000398582		96	-100%
1886	95	0.000372088		95	-100%
1887	79	0.000319331		79	-100%
1888	112	0.000373989	7	105	-88%
1889	77	0.000266486		77	-100%
1890	84	0.000278698		84	-100%
1891	75	0.000261622		75	-100%
1892	103	0.000308038		103	-100%
1893	81	0.00024906		81	-100%
1894	100	0.000295255		100	-100%
1895	91	0.000259244	5	86	-89%
1896	85	0.000237773		85	-100%
1897	91	0.00026228		91	-100%
1898	85	0.000222831	7	78	-84%
1899	75	0.000221086	5	70	-87%
1900	122	0.000270956	6	116	-90%
1901	76	0.000219773		76	-100%
1902	96	0.000248233		96	-100%
1903	97	0.00025446	5	92	-90%
1904	106	0.000262711		106	-100%
1905	91	0.000214662	5	86	-89%
1906	101	0.000235733	7	94	-86%
1907	106	0.000227766		106	-100%
1908	93	0.000190321	7	86	-85%
1909	103	0.000201477	5	98	-90%
1910	102	0.000172673	6	96	-88%
1911	144	0.000223506	6	138	-92%
1912	251	0.000254033	8	243	-94%
1913	277	0.0002436		277	-100%
1914	294	0.000207577	11	283	-93%
1915	379	0.00020683	7	372	-96%
1916	408	0.000210916	6	402	-97%
1917	397	0.000197832	10	387	-95%
1918	460	0.000211873	7	453	-97%
1919	425	0.000201398	10	415	-95%
1920	440	0.000194463	7	433	-97%
1921	460	0.000197044	11	449	-95%
1922	446	0.000194832	10	436	-96%
1923	412	0.000178937	17	395	-92%
1924	416	0.000174672	14	402	-93%
1925	403	0.000172717	14	389	-93%
1926	384	0.000167254	14	370	-93%
1927	402	0.000173324	12	390	-94%
1928	400	0.000176918	16	384	-92%
1929	380	0.000173345	7	373	-96%
1930	382	0.000171818	14	368	-93%
1931	369	0.000175348	7	362	-96%
1932	359	0.000170038	6	353	-97%
1933	325	0.000162545	10	315	-94%
1934	322	0.000155045	8	314	-95%
1935	298	0.000142591	6	292	-96%
1936	298	0.000143436	7	291	-95%
1937	285	0.000133761	6	279	-96%
1938	286	0.000129261	7	279	-95%
1939	276	0.000125259	7	269	-95%
1940	269	0.00011682	7	262	-95%
1941	253	0.000103841		253	-100%
1942	284	0.00010396	9	275	-94%
1943	265	0.000093886		265	-100%
1944	239	0.000088845		239	-100%
1945	269	0.000101398	6	263	-96%
1946	235	0.000073545	8	227	-93%
1947	324	0.000089942	12	312	-93%
1948	326	0.000094424		326	-100%
1949	317	0.000090967	6	311	-96%
1950	293	0.000083634	8	285	-95%
1951	328	0.00008904		328	-100%
1952	342	0.000090047	6	336	-96%
1953	298	0.000077329	7	291	-95%
1954	340	0.000085412	8	332	-95%
1955	347	0.000086424	8	339	-95%
1956	328	0.000079553	7	321	-96%
1957	345	0.000082101	6	339	-97%
1958	328	0.000079344	5	323	-97%
1959	327	0.000078644	5	322	-97%
1960	322	0.000077519		322	-100%
1961	349	0.000084253	9	340	-95%
1962	273	0.000067652	8	265	-94%
1963	287	0.000072508	8	279	-94%
1964	265	0.000068165	5	260	-96%
1965	286	0.000078887	6	280	-96%
1966	251	0.000072217	6	245	-95%
1967	270	0.000079531	6	264	-96%
1968	253	0.000074887	7	246	-94%
1969	274	0.000078842		274	-100%
1970	315	0.000087342	10	305	-94%
1971	312	0.0000909	6	306	-96%
1972	373	0.000118677	7	366	-96%
1973	451	0.000149492		451	-100%
1974	498	0.000163816	12	486	-95%
1975	426	0.000141088	9	417	-96%
1976	416	0.000137099	5	411	-98%
1977	414	0.000130332	6	408	-97%
1978	435	0.000137057	9	426	-96%
1979	406	0.000122032	7	399	-97%
1980	450	0.000130643	11	439	-95%
1981	460	0.000132972	6	454	-97%
1982	431	0.000122863	9	422	-96%
1983	391	0.000112897	5	386	-97%
1984	419	0.0001201	9	410	-96%
1985	385	0.00010787	7	378	-96%
1986	401	0.000112733	10	391	-95%
1987	402	0.000111493	8	394	-96%
1988	382	0.000103382	8	374	-96%
1989	432	0.00011237		432	-100%
1990	401	0.000101455	5	396	-98%
1991	369	0.00009473		369	-100%
1992	353	0.000091897		353	-100%
1993	306	0.000081161		306	-100%
1994	273	0.000073433		273	-100%
1995	261	0.00007127		261	-100%
1996	244	0.000066901		244	-100%
1997	222	0.000061229		222	-100%
1998	237	0.000064434		237	-100%
1999	230	0.000062265		230	-100%
2000	207	0.000054763		207	-100%
2001	185	0.00004942		185	-100%
2002	192	0.00005136		192	-100%
2003	222	0.000058385		222	-100%
2004	173	0.000045277		173	-100%
2005	175	0.000045515		175	-100%
2006	204	0.000051565		204	-100%
2007	200	0.000050029		200	-100%
2008	199	0.000050628		199	-100%
2009	166	0.000043454		166	-100%
2010	142	0.000038423		142	-100%
2011	154	0.000042102		154	-100%
2012	151	0.000041287		151	-100%
2013	151	0.000041419		151	-100%
2014	152	0.00004101		152	-100%
2015	154	0.000041611		154	-100%
2016	151	0.000041159		151	-100%
2017	106	0.00002964		106	-100%
2018	92	0.000026167		92	-100%
2019	107	0.000030827		107	-100%
2020	111	0.000033228		111	-100%
2021	86	0.000025384		86	-100%
2022	94	0.000027785		94	-100%
2023	83	0.000025066		83	-100%
2024	68	0.00002043		68	-100%

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