Kornelia is a distinctive choice, ranked #1719 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Kornelia in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1719
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About the Name Kornelia
Kornelia has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1109 places in five years. It was most popular in 2017 at #514 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Kornelia is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Kornelia in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Kornelia
Kornelia Moskwa — Kornelia Moskwa is a Polish volleyball player.
Kornelia Shilunga — Kornelia Kashiimbindjola Shilunga is a Namibian politician who was a member of the National Assembly from 2015 to 21 March 2025.
Kornelia Grosicka — Kornelia Grosicka is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for I liga club Legia Warsaw.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kornelia
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Kornelia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kornelia in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kornelia is declining: down 1,009 places since 2020, to #1,719 in 2025. It peaked at #514 in 2017.
Kornelia is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kornelia include: Kornelia Moskwa, Kornelia Shilunga and Kornelia Grosicka. Short summaries for each appear below.
Kornelia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kornelias in the wild.
17
UK babies named Kornelia (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 1009 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kornelia
Almost certainly the only Kornelia in the class
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UK Popularity (2004–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kornelia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kornelia Ender is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times.
Kornelia Smalla is a chemist and biotechnologist at the Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI) in Braunschweig and a university lecturer in microbiology at the Technical University of Braunschweig.