Corleone
A masculine Italian name of disputed meaning, possibly referring to a lion's heart.
Name Census estimates that about 173 living Americans carry the first name Corleone. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Corleone today is around 14 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Corleone births was 2019 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Corleone. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
173
~ 1 in 1,981,239 Americans
Peak year
2019
12 babies that year
Average age
14
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,425
Tracked since 1997
Popularity
Corleone: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Corleone from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 65 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Corleone remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Corleone by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Corleone during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Corleone
Corleone is a given name of Italian origin, derived from the town of Corleone located in the province of Palermo, Sicily. The name can be traced back to the 12th century, when the town was known as "Corilium" during the Norman conquest of Sicily.
The town's name itself is believed to have roots in the Latin word "corium," meaning leather, as the region was known for its leather industry. The name Corleone gained prominence in the 14th century when the town became a stronghold of the powerful Sicilian noble family, the Ventimiglia.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Corleone is found in the 16th century chronicles of the Italian historian, Tommaso Fazello, who mentioned a nobleman named Corleone di Ventimiglia. Another notable figure from this era was Fra Tommaso Corleone, a Franciscan friar and theologian who lived between 1540 and 1598.
In the 17th century, the name Corleone gained further recognition with the birth of Giovanni Pietro Corleone (1609-1683), a Sicilian painter and architect known for his baroque-style works in churches across Sicily. During the same period, Corleone di Monreale (1620-1690) was a prominent Sicilian jurist and author of legal treatises.
In the 19th century, the name Corleone was associated with the Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement. Giuseppe Corleone (1820-1892) was a Sicilian patriot and revolutionary who fought alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi in the campaign to unite Italy under a single monarchy.
Another notable figure was Vincenzo Corleone (1855-1932), a Sicilian politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Palermo and was a staunch advocate for workers' rights and social reforms in Sicily.
While the name Corleone has ancient roots and historical significance, it gained broader recognition in popular culture with the novel and film, "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, where the fictional crime family bears the name Corleone.
People
Corleone + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Corleone as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Corleone: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Corleone?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 173 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Corleone going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,981,239 US residents.
Is Corleone a common name?
We classify Corleone as "Very Rare". It ranks above 72.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 175 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Corleone most popular?
The single biggest year for Corleone was 2019, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Corleone is about 14 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Corleone in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Corleone a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Corleone in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Corleone still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Corleone in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Corleone can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people are named Corleone?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Corleone, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.