# Cornell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cornell/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,695 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,347 / 348 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Cornwall, spelling conflated with the Latin family name Cornelius.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 6 | 5,253 |
| 1955 | 7 | 4,822 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,119 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,603 |
| 1958 | 7 | 4,989 |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,680 |
| 1960 | 6 | 5,825 |
| 1961 | 8 | 4,968 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5,985 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,403 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5,579 |
| 1966 | 5 | 6,754 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,201 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,559 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,680 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 2,290 |
| 2012 | 71 | 1,988 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,287 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,632 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,610 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,894 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,459 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,116 |
| 2019 | 45 | 2,773 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,147 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,661 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,348 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,773 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,461 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,194 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |

## People named Cornell

- Cornell Borchers, German actress (1925-2014)
- Cornell Capa, American photographer (1918–2008)
- Cornell Dupree, American R&B/soul jazz guitarist (1942–2011)
- Cornell MacNeil, American opera singer (1922-2011)
- Antonio Burks, American profession basketball player

## 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.