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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#756 · 1 in 10,428
- Ohio#824 · 1 in 17,895
Best ever in a state: #131 in Hawaii, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #756 | 15 | 1 in 10,428 |
| Ohio | #824 | 6 | 1 in 17,895 |
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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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 27,131 of them was named Coral, which outranked 82.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,204Lorine75
- #1,204Marlyn75
- #1,204Scarlett75
- #1,210Coral74
- #1,210Charlie74
- #1,210Denese74
- #1,210Ellyn74
- #1,222Antonette73
- #1,222Lugene73
- #1,222Manuela73
Tied with 11 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.