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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #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 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1908

girls
#970
17 births · 1 in 19,665 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #970Coral17
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 19,665 of them was named Coral, which outranked 60.1% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coral
  1. #939Sofia18
  2. #939Syble18
  3. #939Zadie18
  4. #970Coral17
  5. #970Albertina17
  6. #970Clementina17
  7. #970Cleora17
  8. #1,004Adelina16
  9. #1,004Aimee16
  10. #1,004Alys16

Tied with 33 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

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

See the top 100 for 1908 →