Cornell

Boy name

Cornell has been given to 11,695 babies in the U.S. since 1890. It peaked in 1962.

Meaning & origin

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

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

11,695

Peak year

1962 (247 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1890

10-year trend

▼ -70%

Gender split

3% girls / 97% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cornell.

11,049 babies since 1922

10,780 babies since 1921

10,760 babies since 1880

12,710 babies since 1882

10,565 babies since 1904

13,000 babies since 1880

10,159 babies since 1912

10,120 babies since 1904

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