Coretta

Where Coretta comes from

The dictionaries list Coretta as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,607 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Coretta Scott King born
    American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. 1968
    Peak, #524
    336 babies named Coretta — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #903.
  5. 1980
    Coretta Brown born
    American sports coach and basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Coretta Scott King · American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1927–2006
  • Coretta Brown · American sports coach and basketball player, born 1980

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.