Kornelia is a distinctive choice, ranked #1819 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kornelia in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1819
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 β 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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kornelia
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Kornelia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kornelia in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kornelia has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 1109 places in the last five years. Its peak was #514 in 2017. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
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 β Kornelia Moskwa is a Polish volleyball player.; Kornelia Shilunga β Kornelia Kashiimbindjola Shilunga is a Namibian politician who was a member of the National Assembly from 2015 to 21 March 2025.; Kornelia Grosicka β Kornelia Grosicka is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for I liga club Legia Warsaw..
Kornelia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Kornelias in the wild.
16
UK babies named Kornelia (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 1109 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
Likely around 1 other Kornelia in the class
UK Popularity (2004–2024)
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 Kashiimbindjola Shilunga is a Namibian politician who was a member of the National Assembly from 2015 to 21 March 2025. She served as the Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy and the first woman Deputy Minister at the Ministry until 22 March 2025.
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. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes' knowledge).
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.