# Cordelia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cordelia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kɔɹˈdili.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,906 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,906 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,201, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 181 | 1,302 |
| 2012 | 208 | 1,181 |
| 2013 | 201 | 1,193 |
| 2014 | 267 | 993 |
| 2015 | 286 | 949 |
| 2016 | 263 | 1,005 |
| 2017 | 210 | 1,173 |
| 2018 | 249 | 1,036 |
| 2019 | 231 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 252 | 1,006 |
| 2021 | 253 | 1,010 |
| 2022 | 242 | 1,052 |
| 2023 | 220 | 1,117 |
| 2024 | 233 | 1,066 |
| 2025 | 258 | 981 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 37 | 982 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 43 | 860 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 49 | 778 |
| 2019 | 45 | 823 |
| 2020 | 50 | 735 |
| 2021 | 36 | 957 |
| 2022 | 45 | 796 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 59 | 650 |

## People named Cordelia

- Cordelia Fine, Canadian-born British psychologist and writer
- Cordelia Edvardson, German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.