How popular is “Cornell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cornell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cornell” 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 “Cornell” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cornell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cornell” 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
1890	6	0.000019907		6	-100%
1896	5	0.000013987		5	-100%
1902	5	0.000012929		5	-100%
1905	6	0.000014154		6	-100%
1907	7	0.000015041		7	-100%
1908	9	0.000018418		9	-100%
1909	10	0.000019561		10	-100%
1910	14	0.0000237		14	-100%
1911	12	0.000018626		12	-100%
1912	23	0.000023278		23	-100%
1913	24	0.000021106		24	-100%
1914	30	0.000021181		30	-100%
1915	44	0.000024012	11	33	-50%
1916	41	0.000021195	5	36	-76%
1917	56	0.000027906	8	48	-71%
1918	46	0.000021187	10	36	-57%
1919	64	0.000030328	10	54	-69%
1920	38	0.000016795	6	32	-68%
1921	53	0.000022703	10	43	-62%
1922	63	0.000027521	13	50	-59%
1923	57	0.000024756	7	50	-75%
1924	48	0.000020154	9	39	-63%
1925	57	0.000024429	9	48	-68%
1926	53	0.000023085	9	44	-66%
1927	61	0.0000263	9	52	-70%
1928	53	0.000023442	8	45	-70%
1929	40	0.000018247		40	-100%
1930	45	0.00002024		45	-100%
1931	67	0.000031838	10	57	-70%
1932	59	0.000027945	8	51	-73%
1933	67	0.000033509	7	60	-79%
1934	53	0.00002552		53	-100%
1935	55	0.000026317	8	47	-71%
1936	55	0.000026473	7	48	-75%
1937	58	0.000027221	6	52	-79%
1938	62	0.000028022	5	57	-84%
1939	52	0.000023599		52	-100%
1940	56	0.000024319	5	51	-82%
1941	45	0.00001847		45	-100%
1942	71	0.00002599	9	62	-75%
1943	56	0.00001984	5	51	-82%
1944	73	0.000027137	9	64	-75%
1945	79	0.000029779	7	72	-82%
1946	130	0.000040685		130	-100%
1947	166	0.000046081	8	158	-90%
1948	197	0.00005706	5	192	-95%
1949	186	0.000053375	7	179	-92%
1950	164	0.000046812	5	159	-94%
1951	191	0.000051849		191	-100%
1952	227	0.000059768	14	213	-88%
1953	214	0.000055532	5	209	-95%
1954	212	0.000053257	6	206	-94%
1955	225	0.000056039	7	218	-94%
1956	205	0.000049721	5	200	-95%
1957	234	0.000055686	8	226	-93%
1958	203	0.000049106	7	196	-93%
1959	199	0.00004786	6	193	-94%
1960	150	0.000036111	6	144	-92%
1961	176	0.000042488	8	168	-91%
1962	247	0.000061209	6	241	-95%
1963	172	0.000043454	7	165	-92%
1964	209	0.000053761	7	202	-93%
1965	163	0.00004496		163	-100%
1966	180	0.000051789	5	175	-94%
1967	173	0.000050959		173	-100%
1968	174	0.000051503	5	169	-94%
1969	173	0.00004978		173	-100%
1970	194	0.000053792		194	-100%
1971	181	0.000052733	6	175	-93%
1972	147	0.000046771		147	-100%
1973	155	0.000051377	5	150	-94%
1974	156	0.000051316		156	-100%
1975	137	0.000045373		137	-100%
1976	134	0.000044162		134	-100%
1977	155	0.000048796		155	-100%
1978	131	0.000041275		131	-100%
1979	135	0.000040577		135	-100%
1980	140	0.000040644		140	-100%
1981	121	0.000034977		121	-100%
1982	118	0.000033638		118	-100%
1983	127	0.00003667		127	-100%
1984	112	0.000032103		112	-100%
1985	135	0.000037825		135	-100%
1986	147	0.000041326		147	-100%
1987	144	0.000039938		144	-100%
1988	141	0.000038159		141	-100%
1989	141	0.000036676		141	-100%
1990	117	0.000029602		117	-100%
1991	113	0.00002901		113	-100%
1992	89	0.000023169		89	-100%
1993	113	0.000029971		113	-100%
1994	96	0.000025823		96	-100%
1995	78	0.000021299		78	-100%
1996	117	0.000032079		117	-100%
1997	77	0.000021237		77	-100%
1998	85	0.000023109		85	-100%
1999	64	0.000017326		64	-100%
2000	69	0.000018254		69	-100%
2001	60	0.000016028		60	-100%
2002	67	0.000017923		67	-100%
2003	85	0.000022355		85	-100%
2004	72	0.000018844		72	-100%
2005	71	0.000018466		71	-100%
2006	81	0.000020474		81	-100%
2007	86	0.000021512		86	-100%
2008	89	0.000022642		89	-100%
2009	88	0.000023036		88	-100%
2010	78	0.000021105		78	-100%
2011	56	0.00001531		56	-100%
2012	71	0.000019413		71	-100%
2013	56	0.000015361		56	-100%
2014	46	0.000012411		46	-100%
2015	47	0.0000127		47	-100%
2016	41	0.000011176		41	-100%
2017	52	0.000014541		52	-100%
2018	37	0.000010524		37	-100%
2019	45	0.000012965		45	-100%
2020	36	0.000010777		36	-100%
2021	21	0.000006198		21	-100%
2022	35	0.000010345		35	-100%
2023	21	0.000006342		21	-100%
2024	23	0.00000691		23	-100%

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