Meaning and history
Cornelia is the feminine form of Cornelius. In the 2nd century BC, it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana, daughter of the military hero Scipio Africanus and mother of the reformers known as the Gracchi, and after her death she was celebrated as an ideal Roman woman. The name was revived in the 18th century.
20062006: 23 births, rank #5,709
2007: 16 births, rank #7,733
2008: 31 births, rank #4,761
2009: 21 births, rank #6,317
2010: 24 births, rank #5,602
20112011: 18 births, rank #6,855
2012: 18 births, rank #6,872
2013: 37 births, rank #4,002
2014: 25 births, rank #5,310
2015: 28 births, rank #4,853
20162016: 36 births, rank #4,083
2017: 32 births, rank #4,384
2018: 32 births, rank #4,357
2019: 43 births, rank #3,552
2020: 35 births, rank #4,005
20212021: 43 births, rank #3,553
2022: 37 births, rank #3,963
2023: 53 births, rank #3,091
2024: 39 births, rank #3,822
20252025: 51 births, rank #3,130
Cornelia moved from #943 to #945 for girls between 1964 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 477 births.