Coraline

#683 for girls in 2025, 414 births

Peak · girls
2015 · 527 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,786
since 1970

Coraline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Coraline has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #579, 2015girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#683414
2024#718392
2023#719391
2022#678430
2021#721396
2020#647448
2019#624481
2018#594512
2017#586512
2016#599502
2015#579527
2014#630453
2013#713389
2012#826326
2011#1,090225
2010#1,044239
2009#1,792120
2008#10,08411
2007#17,6365
2006#13,6067
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Coraline! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–2005, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Coraline is popular in 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNHWashington: #641 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,045 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #843 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,805 girlsMNIllinois: #862 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,896 girlsILWisconsin: #837 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,609 girlsWIMichigan: #1,074 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,862 girlsMINew York: #1,283 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,388 girlsNYMassachusetts: #656 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,633 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedRIOregon: #266 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedIAIndiana: #599 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,003 girlsINOhio: #920 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,731 girlsOHPennsylvania: #848 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,275 girlsPANew Jersey: #996 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,086 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #641 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 3,544 girlsCAUtah: #561 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,558 girlsUTColorado: #781 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,734 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #820 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,487 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,277 girlsVAMaryland: #870 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,819 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNMKansas: #454 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,880 girlsKSArkansas: #550 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,278 girlsARTennessee: #657 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,319 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #955 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,494 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,153 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,759 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedHITexas: #836 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 4,797 girlsTXFlorida: #1,218 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,963 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#266 · 1 in 1,061
  2. Kansas#454 · 1 in 1,880
  3. Arkansas#550 · 1 in 2,278
  4. Utah#561 · 1 in 2,558
  5. Indiana#599 · 1 in 3,003

Best ever in a state: #181 in West Virginia, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#266141 in 1,061
Kansas#45471 in 1,880
Arkansas#55051 in 2,278
Utah#56171 in 2,558
Indiana#599101 in 3,003
California#641591 in 3,544
Washington#641101 in 3,045
Massachusetts#65671 in 3,633
Tennessee#65791 in 3,319
Colorado#78161 in 3,734
Missouri#82061 in 4,487
Texas#836331 in 4,797
Wisconsin#83751 in 4,609
Minnesota#84351 in 4,805
Pennsylvania#848101 in 5,275
Illinois#862121 in 4,896
Maryland#87051 in 4,819
Ohio#92091 in 5,731
North Carolina#95581 in 5,494
New Jersey#99661 in 6,086
Michigan#1,07461 in 6,862
Georgia#1,15371 in 6,759
Virginia#1,15851 in 7,277
Florida#1,218101 in 7,963
New York#1,283111 in 8,388
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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 Coraline
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#718 → #683)
  • 36 spots since 2020 (#647 → #683)
  • 104 spots since 2015 (#579 → #683)
  • Biggest jump: 264 spots in 2012 (#1,090 → #826)
  • Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2021 (#647 → #721)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2015 at #579 (527 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,322
  • Highest: 1 in 3,322 girls born in 2018 were named Coraline (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,882 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #579 in 2015, was only 1 in 3,387 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 61.4% of all girls named Coraline (4,166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#7,070 (1970)#7,070
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s143#1,792 (2009)#10,780
2010s4,166#579 (2015)#729
2020s2,471#647 (2020)#694

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.

Coraline in 2012

girls
#826
326 births · 1 in 5,402 girls

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #826Coraline326
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,402 of them was named Coraline, which outranked 95.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coraline
  1. #823Lilith327
  2. #823Regan327
  3. #823Shannon327
  4. #826Coraline326
  5. #826Julianne326
  6. #828Giada325
  7. #829Eileen324
  8. #829Milania324

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

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

See the top 100 for 2012 →