NameTides

Cordelia

Cordelia was the #980 girls' name in the US in 2025 (258 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Cordelia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cordelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Cordelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#980 (258)#650 (59)——#1,106 (24)
2024#1,066 (233)#826 (45)——#1,291 (19)
2023#1,117 (220)#1,255 (26)——#1,203 (20)
2022#1,052 (242)#796 (45)——#1,132 (22)
2021#1,010 (253)#957 (36)——#1,153 (22)
2020#1,006 (252)#735 (50)#765 (3)—#1,087 (23)
2019#1,083 (231)#823 (45)——#1,138 (22)
2018#1,035 (249)#778 (49)——#1,164 (21)
2017#1,172 (210)#836 (46)——#1,090 (23)
2016#1,005 (263)#897 (41)——#915 (29)
2015#949 (286)#860 (43)——#1,043 (24)
2014#993 (267)#890 (42)——#1,108 (23)
2013#1,192 (201)#982 (37)——#1,091 (23)
2012#1,179 (208)#1,075 (32)——#1,055 (24)
2011#1,301 (181)#937 (38)——#957 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #204.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cordelia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cordelia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Cordelia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Cordelia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CordeliaCanadaGirls#1,10624
CordeliaEngland & WalesGirls#65059
CordeliaIrelandGirls—too few
CordeliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CordeliaScotlandGirls—too few
CordeliaUSGirls#980258