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

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Peak · girls
1888 · 26 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,971
since 1881

Coral over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Coral has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #486, 1888girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,927100
2024#1,895105
2023#1,890105
2022#1,775116
2021#1,612130
2020#1,616129
2019#1,267183
2018#1,425155
2017#1,422160
2016#1,217202
2015#1,223202
2014#1,179208
2013#1,403163
2012#1,396165
2011#1,497149
2010#1,443157
2009#1,509151
2008#1,461161
2007#1,357178
2006#1,155211
2005#1,121210
2004#1,037224
2003#1,140190
2002#1,189172
2001#1,175175#10,5565
2000#1,237160
1999#1,047194
1998#1,133167
1997#1,086173
1996#1,046177
1995#1,090163
1994#1,027180
1993#1,049175#8,7005
1992#982194
1991#981191#8,2365
1990#1,077164#8,1175
1989#1,277123#6,2297
1988#1,63679
1987#1,51984
1986#1,45987
1985#1,269106
1984#1,43281
1983#1,44780
1982#1,39987
1981#1,43385
1980#1,29998
1979#1,41087
1978#1,58168
1977#1,52671
1976#1,52367
1975#1,64059
1974#1,63057
1973#2,17136
1972#2,13536#4,9865
1971#2,29634
1970#2,12038
1969#2,13435
1968#1,90939
1967#1,88139
1966#2,05832
1965#1,46357
1964#1,48258
1963#1,35267
1962#1,26676
1961#1,21782
1960#1,09796
1959#1,12690
1958#1,12988
1957#1,038102
1956#1,21074
1955#1,08786#3,5056
1954#1,10879#3,8275
1953#1,33253
1952#1,22560
1951#1,17763
1950#1,20059
1949#1,33547#3,2986
1948#1,26752
1947#1,17059#3,7335
1946#1,03267#3,1736
1945#1,14247#2,9966
1944#1,29338#2,8627
1943#1,22843#3,2316
1942#1,09152#2,9407
1941#1,31034
1940#1,29433
1939#99650#3,4805
1938#1,05546#3,5345
1937#1,09942#3,5185
1936#90157
1935#1,10140
1934#1,07942
1933#1,22434#3,0047
1932#1,16238
1931#1,17537#3,7635
1930#1,08446#3,2897
1929#1,03250
1928#1,05151
1927#1,36235
1926#1,16643#3,7086
1925#1,22540#2,9369
1924#1,20643
1923#1,15844#3,8226
1922#99756
1921#1,14844#2,50212
1920#1,28236#3,8156
1919#1,05747#4,1685
1918#1,06147#4,1795
1917#95253#2,56210
1916#97949#2,25912
1915#1,36727
1914#1,14728
1913#1,00329
1912#1,29717
1911#89823
1910#1,26713
1909#99017
1908#97017
1907#1,09213
1906#84519
1905#77722
1904#1,00113
1903#73421
1902#87216
1901#1,1369
1900#1,05313
1899#87814
1898#71921
1897#71519
1896#65123
1895#74618
1894#71917
1893#73916
1892#70617
1891#69515
1890#59919
1889#68714
1888#48626
1887#56016
1886#63313
1885#65811
1884#7319
1883#56112
1882#7407
1881#6238
1880
First appearance
1881

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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,094 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,272 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedRIOregon: #661 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsORNevada: #557 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,055 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,340 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,045 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 6,821 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,218 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,736 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Coral, so not publishedHITexas: #1,667 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,821 girlsTXFlorida: #839 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,843 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#557 · 1 in 2,292
  2. Oregon#661 · 1 in 3,127
  3. Florida#839 · 1 in 4,843
  4. California#1,045 · 1 in 6,821
  5. Indiana#1,055 · 1 in 6,340

Best ever in a state: #131 in Hawaii, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#55751 in 2,292
Oregon#66151 in 3,127
Florida#839171 in 4,843
California#1,045321 in 6,821
Indiana#1,05551 in 6,340
Washington#1,09451 in 6,272
North Carolina#1,21861 in 7,736
Texas#1,667131 in 12,821
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1888 at #486 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1881–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,870
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 16.7% of all girls named Coral (1,832) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s116#486 (1888)#631
1890s179#599 (1890)#717
1900s160#734 (1903)#947
1910s333#898 (1911)#1,103
1920s442#997 (1922)#1,163
1930s432#901 (1936)#1,088
1940s472#1,032 (1946)#1,216
1950s754#1,038 (1957)#1,163
1960s581#1,097 (1960)#1,586
1970s553#1,410 (1979)#1,803
1980s910#1,269 (1985)#1,417
1990s1,778#981 (1991)#1,052
2000s1,832#1,037 (2004)#1,238
2010s1,744#1,179 (2014)#1,347
2020s685#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 2009

girls
#1,509
151 births · 1 in 12,166 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #1,509Coral151
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 12,166 of them was named Coral, which outranked 92.5% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coral
  1. #1,502Madisen152
  2. #1,502Madysen152
  3. #1,502Sahana152
  4. #1,509Coral151
  5. #1,509Alexys151
  6. #1,509Ariyanna151
  7. #1,509Calli151
  8. #1,516Analy150
  9. #1,516Betty150
  10. #1,516Chastelyn150

Tied with 6 names at #1,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 4,137Taraji#5,013#876
  2. 2,107Bristol#2,773#666
  3. 836Analia#1,167#331
  4. 773Harlow#1,677#904
  5. 610Maliah#1,405#795
Fallers
  1. 1,450Dayami#754#2,204
  2. 953Mareli#723#1,676
  3. 773Mylie#839#1,612
  4. 517Marely#334#851
  5. 515Hillary#722#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009