Coral
#1,927 for girls in 2025, 100 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,971since 1881
Coral over time
Rank among girls' names. Coral has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,927 | 100 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,775 | 116 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,612 | 130 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,616 | 129 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,267 | 183 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,425 | 155 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,422 | 160 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,223 | 202 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,179 | 208 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,403 | 163 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,396 | 165 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,497 | 149 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,443 | 157 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,509 | 151 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,461 | 161 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,357 | 178 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,155 | 211 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,121 | 210 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,037 | 224 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,140 | 190 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,189 | 172 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,175 | 175 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,237 | 160 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,047 | 194 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,133 | 167 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,086 | 173 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,046 | 177 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,090 | 163 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,027 | 180 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,049 | 175 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #982 | 194 | — | |
| 1991 | #981 | 191 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,077 | 164 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,277 | 123 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,519 | 84 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,459 | 87 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,269 | 106 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 85 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,410 | 87 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,526 | 71 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,523 | 67 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,640 | 59 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,352 | 67 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,217 | 82 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,097 | 96 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,126 | 90 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,129 | 88 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,038 | 102 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,210 | 74 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,087 | 86 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,332 | 53 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,177 | 63 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 | — | |
| 1939 | #996 | 50 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,101 | 40 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #1,032 | 50 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,051 | 51 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #997 | 56 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,061 | 47 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #979 | 49 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | — | |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Coral! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Coral is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#797 · 1 in 13,306
Best ever in a state: #131 in Hawaii, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #797 | 6 | 1 in 13,306 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Coral
- 32 spots since 2024 (#1,895 → #1,927)
- 311 spots since 2020 (#1,616 → #1,927)
- 704 spots since 2015 (#1,223 → #1,927)
- Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1916 (#1,367 → #979)
- Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1912 (#898 → #1,297)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1888 at #486 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1881–1899
- Highest: 1 in 6,870 girls born in 1888 were named Coral (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.7% of all girls named Coral (1,832) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 116 | #486 (1888) | #631 |
| 1890s | 179 | #599 (1890) | #717 |
| 1900s | 160 | #734 (1903) | #947 |
| 1910s | 333 | #898 (1911) | #1,103 |
| 1920s | 442 | #997 (1922) | #1,163 |
| 1930s | 432 | #901 (1936) | #1,088 |
| 1940s | 472 | #1,032 (1946) | #1,216 |
| 1950s | 754 | #1,038 (1957) | #1,163 |
| 1960s | 581 | #1,097 (1960) | #1,586 |
| 1970s | 553 | #1,410 (1979) | #1,803 |
| 1980s | 910 | #1,269 (1985) | #1,417 |
| 1990s | 1,778 | #981 (1991) | #1,052 |
| 2000s | 1,832 | #1,037 (2004) | #1,238 |
| 2010s | 1,744 | #1,179 (2014) | #1,347 |
| 2020s | 685 | #1,612 (2021) | #1,786 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Coral in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 34,927 of them was named Coral, which outranked 75.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,272Ocie39
- #1,272Velia39
- #1,272Vergie39
- #1,293Coral38
- #1,293Aleta38
- #1,293Andria38
- #1,293Blondell38
- #1,315Betsey37
- #1,315Caron37
- #1,315Carylon37
Tied with 21 names at #1,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 194,696 of them was named Coral, which outranked 26.8% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).