# Kornelia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kornelia/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 59 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 835, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 19,168 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,138 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,556 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,964 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,842 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,365 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,379 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,992 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,572 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 52 | 758 |
| 2013 | 64 | 639 |
| 2014 | 56 | 699 |
| 2015 | 57 | 702 |
| 2016 | 59 | 693 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 66 | 621 |
| 2019 | 45 | 823 |
| 2020 | 52 | 710 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 33 | 1,030 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Kornelia

- Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
- Kornelia Gressler, East German swimmer
- Kornelia Kunisch, German handball player
- Sandra Zwolle, Dutch speed skater

## 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.