Coral

Where Coral comes from

From coral.
— Wiktionary's entry for Coral
  • English
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #486
    26 babies named Coral — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1900
    Coral Buttsworth born
    Australian tennis player
  4. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,053.
  5. 1913
    Coral Browne born
    Australian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Coral Browne · Australian actress, 1913–1991
  • Coral Buttsworth · Australian tennis player, 1900–1985
  • Coral Herrera · Spanish feminist writer, born 1977
  • Coral Bracho · Mexican poet and translator, born 1951
  • Coral Atkins · British actress, 1936–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.