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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedAKMaine: #221 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 687 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNHWashington: #411 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,827 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: #567 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,658 girlsMNIllinois: #483 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,314 girlsILWisconsin: #295 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,254 girlsWIMichigan: #526 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,579 girlsMINew York: #1,079 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,285 girlsNYMassachusetts: #678 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,600 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedRIOregon: #361 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,450 girlsORNevada: #533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,167 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedSDIowa: #459 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,779 girlsIAIndiana: #490 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,150 girlsINOhio: #354 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,618 girlsOHPennsylvania: #483 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,325 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,006 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,994 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #619 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 3,318 girlsCAUtah: #629 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,842 girlsUTColorado: #338 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #337 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsMOKentucky: #554 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,554 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #697 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,603 girlsVAMaryland: #894 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedDEArizona: #771 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,759 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedNMKansas: #357 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsKSArkansas: #492 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsARTennessee: #511 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,186 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #831 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,538 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #744 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,551 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #720 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,149 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedLAMississippi: #547 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,184 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedALGeorgia: #658 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,142 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Coraline, so not publishedHITexas: #583 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 2,961 girlsTXFlorida: #728 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,093 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#221 · 1 in 687
  2. Wisconsin#295 · 1 in 1,254
  3. Missouri#337 · 1 in 1,443
  4. Colorado#338 · 1 in 1,414
  5. Ohio#354 · 1 in 1,618

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#22151 in 687
Wisconsin#295181 in 1,254
Missouri#337181 in 1,443
Colorado#338161 in 1,414
Ohio#354321 in 1,618
Kansas#35791 in 1,333
Oregon#361101 in 1,450
Washington#411171 in 1,827
Iowa#45971 in 1,779
Illinois#483241 in 2,314
Pennsylvania#483221 in 2,325
Indiana#490141 in 2,150
Arkansas#49261 in 1,873
Tennessee#511141 in 2,186
Michigan#526161 in 2,579
Nevada#53351 in 2,167
Mississippi#54751 in 2,184
Kentucky#55471 in 2,554
Minnesota#56791 in 2,658
Texas#583541 in 2,961
California#619591 in 3,318
Utah#62961 in 2,842
Georgia#658151 in 3,142
Massachusetts#67871 in 3,600
Virginia#697101 in 3,603
Oklahoma#72051 in 3,149
Florida#728211 in 4,093
South Carolina#74451 in 3,551
Arizona#77181 in 3,759
North Carolina#831101 in 4,538
Maryland#89451 in 4,655
New Jersey#1,00661 in 5,994
New York#1,079141 in 6,285
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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 2017

girls
#586
512 births · 1 in 3,372 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #586Coraline512
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,372 of them was named Coraline, which outranked 96.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coraline
  1. #583Tiffany518
  2. #584Jazmine514
  3. #585Esme513
  4. #586Coraline512
  5. #586Madisyn512
  6. #588Irene508
  7. #588Lilian508
  8. #590Dorothy507

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →