Cordelia
- Pronunciation
- [Cor-de-li-a]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Of The Sea
- Origin
- Celtic
Cordelia Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 12,646 baby girls have been named Cordelia. The name peaked in 2015 with 286 US births that year (rank #949). In 2024, ranked #1065 nationally — 116 places below its 2015 peak.
Top States for Cordelia
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Cordelia births are: Texas (766), California (501), Pennsylvania (421).
Other Celtic-Origin Names Like Cordelia
If you like Cordelia's Celtic origin, consider these related names: Adair, Adsaluta, Aengus, Ahearn, Aife. Browse all Celtic names →
8-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Cordelia's exact length and starting letter: Cacamwri, Caddaham, Caddaric, Caddarik, Caddawyc.
Quick Facts About Cordelia
US Popularity History (2014–2025)
Annual US births named Cordelia by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2015 with 286 girls named Cordelia (girl rank #949 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #981 for girls (258 US births). That's 32 places below its 2015 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Cordelia Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Cordelia the strongest states are Oregon, Washington, Minnesota.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | #511 | 51 |
| 2 | Washington | #605 | 71 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #648 | 39 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #666 | 46 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #670 | 26 |
| 6 | Utah | #680 | 22 |
| 7 | Missouri | #695 | 33 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #695 | 64 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | #721 | 17 |
| 10 | Ohio | #729 | 83 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #903 | 51 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #888 | 31 |
| 3 | Colorado | #864 | 22 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #841 | 95 |
| 5 | New York | #811 | 59 |
| 6 | Virginia | #804 | 57 |
| 7 | Maryland | #774 | 33 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #751 | 55 |
| 9 | Indiana | #737 | 26 |
| 10 | Ohio | #729 | 83 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Cordelia in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Cordelia to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Cordelia against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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