Kornel

Boys' name

English equivalent of Cornelius

Kornel has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2008. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Kornel, 2008

1 in 786,000

Kornel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kornel: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Cornelius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kornel means

Kornel is a English equivalent of Cornelius.

Origin, language, and formation

Kornel is used in Polish and Slovak.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cornelius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Kornel is pronounced /ˈkɔr.nɛl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Kornel between 2008 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #13,693 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kornel?

Kornel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 786,000; 5 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only: 1 in 408,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 544,916 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kornel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kornel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kornels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kornel was born before 2008 — so the typical Kornel is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Kornel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (5)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #13,693; 2008

Spellings of Kornel

Kornel is not the most common spelling — Korey is, with 24.4% against Kornel's 0.01%.

Korey24.4%11,443
Cornell24.2%11,347
Konner12.0%5,631
Lorne9.2%4,302
Korben4.9%2,282
Kordell3.8%1,767
Cornel2.5%1,174
Orvel2.5%1,157

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kornel around the world

Where Kornel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Scotland
2017–2023
#728
in 2023
Ireland
2007–2024
#785
in 2024
France
2007–2019
#5,580
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Kornel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,693; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 5 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kornel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Koreem Koreon Korden Kordan Korbon Koryn Korwin Korvyn Korri Korei Korrion Korday Korbynn Garnel Lennel Karnel Joanel Connel Kortlin Offranel Korian Koreyon Kortlan Tranel

Sibling names for Kornel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaylen Yamilet Dalilah Desire Jaidyn Abagail Rihanna Areli

For a brother

Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion Baron

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