Cornell
#1,077 most common boys' name of all time · #2,556 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1890–2025
Rank among boys
#1,077
Rank overall
#2,556 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
11,695
Since 2016
325
Peak year
1962 #508
Best rank
#479 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 247/yr
Cornell first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,158 |
| 2024 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,439 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,744 |
| 2022 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,351 |
| 2021 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2020 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,138 |
| 2019 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,776 |
| 2018 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,111 |
| 2017 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,455 |
| 2016 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2015 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,603 |
| 2014 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,626 |
| 2013 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,282 |
| 2012 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,989 |
| 2011 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,290 |
| 2010 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,855 |
| 2009 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2008 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,708 |
| 2007 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,730 |
| 2006 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,726 |
| 2005 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,750 |
| 2003 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,514 |
| 2002 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,727 |
| 2001 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,846 |
| 2000 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,667 |
| 1999 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,655 |
| 1998 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,373 |
| 1997 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,416 |
| 1996 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,044 |
| 1995 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,330 |
| 1994 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,164 |
| 1993 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,039 |
| 1992 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,179 |
| 1991 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,015 |
| 1990 | — | 117 | 117 | #967 |
| 1989 | — | 141 | 141 | #846 |
| 1988 | — | 141 | 141 | #798 |
| 1987 | — | 144 | 144 | #766 |
| 1986 | — | 147 | 147 | #750 |
| 1985 | — | 135 | 135 | #762 |
| 1984 | — | 112 | 112 | #828 |
| 1983 | — | 127 | 127 | #774 |
| 1982 | — | 118 | 118 | #816 |
| 1981 | — | 121 | 121 | #797 |
| 1980 | — | 140 | 140 | #742 |
| 1979 | — | 135 | 135 | #745 |
| 1978 | — | 131 | 131 | #739 |
| 1977 | — | 155 | 155 | #681 |
| 1976 | — | 134 | 134 | #724 |
| 1975 | — | 137 | 137 | #709 |
| 1974 | — | 156 | 156 | #645 |
| 1973 | 5 | 150 | 155 | #648 |
| 1972 | — | 147 | 147 | #664 |
| 1971 | 6 | 175 | 181 | #626 |
| 1970 | — | 194 | 194 | #578 |
| 1969 | — | 173 | 173 | #596 |
| 1968 | 5 | 169 | 174 | #587 |
| 1967 | — | 173 | 173 | #574 |
| 1966 | 5 | 175 | 180 | #572 |
| 1965 | — | 163 | 163 | #596 |
| 1964 | 7 | 202 | 209 | #557 |
| 1963 | 7 | 165 | 172 | #610 |
| 1962 | 6 | 241 | 247 | #508 |
| 1961 | 8 | 168 | 176 | #614 |
| 1960 | 6 | 144 | 150 | #650 |
| 1959 | 6 | 194 | 200 | #558 |
| 1958 | 7 | 195 | 202 | #553 |
| 1957 | 8 | 226 | 234 | #512 |
| 1956 | 5 | 200 | 205 | #529 |
| 1955 | 7 | 218 | 225 | #501 |
| 1954 | 6 | 206 | 212 | #505 |
| 1953 | 5 | 209 | 214 | #487 |
| 1952 | 14 | 213 | 227 | #479 |
| 1951 | — | 191 | 191 | #491 |
| 1950 | 5 | 159 | 164 | #543 |
| 1949 | 7 | 179 | 186 | #494 |
| 1948 | 5 | 192 | 197 | #480 |
| 1947 | 8 | 158 | 166 | #538 |
| 1946 | — | 130 | 130 | #565 |
| 1945 | 7 | 72 | 79 | #723 |
| 1944 | 9 | 65 | 74 | #778 |
| 1943 | 5 | 50 | 55 | #952 |
| 1942 | 9 | 62 | 71 | #830 |
| 1941 | — | 45 | 45 | #956 |
| 1940 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #890 |
| 1939 | — | 52 | 52 | #851 |
| 1938 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #822 |
| 1937 | 6 | 52 | 58 | #852 |
| 1936 | 7 | 48 | 55 | #890 |
| 1935 | 8 | 47 | 55 | #927 |
| 1934 | — | 53 | 53 | #865 |
| 1933 | 7 | 60 | 67 | #795 |
| 1932 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #909 |
| 1931 | 10 | 57 | 67 | #838 |
| 1930 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,034 |
| 1929 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,107 |
| 1928 | 8 | 45 | 53 | #1,037 |
| 1927 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #976 |
| 1926 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #1,060 |
| 1925 | 9 | 48 | 57 | #994 |
| 1924 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,164 |
| 1923 | 7 | 50 | 57 | #987 |
| 1922 | 13 | 50 | 63 | #1,005 |
| 1921 | 10 | 43 | 53 | #1,081 |
| 1920 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,289 |
| 1919 | 10 | 54 | 64 | #915 |
| 1918 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,164 |
| 1917 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #931 |
| 1916 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,088 |
| 1915 | 11 | 33 | 44 | #1,133 |
| 1914 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,044 |
| 1913 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,041 |
| 1912 | — | 23 | 23 | #958 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,026 |
| 1910 | — | 14 | 14 | #855 |
| 1909 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,005 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,005 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,174 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,206 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,267 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,237 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #990 |