Meaning and history
English surname turned given name, from the Old French corneille, referring to the cornel tree, or a shortened form of Cornwall. Ezra Cornell (1807-1874), the American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Cornell University, is a notable bearer.
20062006: 81 births, rank #1,724
2007: 86 births, rank #1,728
2008: 89 births, rank #1,708
2009: 88 births, rank #1,742
2010: 78 births, rank #1,850
20112011: 56 births, rank #2,284
2012: 71 births, rank #1,983
2013: 56 births, rank #2,278
2014: 46 births, rank #2,622
2015: 47 births, rank #2,600
20162016: 41 births, rank #2,885
2017: 52 births, rank #2,450
2018: 37 births, rank #3,106
2019: 45 births, rank #2,766
2020: 36 births, rank #3,136
20212021: 21 births, rank #4,628
2022: 35 births, rank #3,344
2023: 21 births, rank #4,742
2024: 23 births, rank #4,433
20252025: 14 births, rank #6,143
Cornell moved from #846 to #963 for boys between 1989 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1962, with 241 births.