boys:
51 births since 1987
#4535 (1st percentile)
overall:
51 births since 1987
#7688 (1st percentile)
The name Kornelius is the #7,688 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 51 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,535 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 1987.
Kornelius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987). Birth data for Kornelius is available in 9 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kornelius reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #897) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kornelius ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 69.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kornelius".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kornelius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Kornelius is pronounced as kor-NEEL-yuhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kor-NEE-lee-uhs, at 40.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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