Coretta
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 336 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,433since 1909
Coretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Coretta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 |
| 1978 | #1,962 | 49 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,486 | 66 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 |
| 1972 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 |
| 1970 | #903 | 146 |
| 1969 | #722 | 194 |
| 1968 | #524 | 336 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Coretta! It came in at #1,607, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Coretta is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#160 · 1 in 722
- South Carolina#213 · 1 in 1,069
- Georgia#214 · 1 in 1,177
- Alabama#241 · 1 in 1,305
- Tennessee#266 · 1 in 1,715
Best ever in a state: #160 in Mississippi, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #160 | 25 | 1 in 722 |
| South Carolina | #213 | 19 | 1 in 1,069 |
| Georgia | #214 | 32 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Alabama | #241 | 20 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Tennessee | #266 | 17 | 1 in 1,715 |
| North Carolina | #277 | 21 | 1 in 1,870 |
| District of Columbia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,679 |
| Louisiana | #309 | 18 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Maryland | #322 | 11 | 1 in 2,298 |
| New Jersey | #375 | 18 | 1 in 2,681 |
| Virginia | #386 | 10 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Illinois | #393 | 28 | 1 in 2,988 |
| Florida | #446 | 13 | 1 in 3,250 |
| Michigan | #521 | 13 | 1 in 5,342 |
| Missouri | #532 | 6 | 1 in 5,481 |
| New York | #591 | 23 | 1 in 5,923 |
| Ohio | #630 | 10 | 1 in 8,261 |
| Indiana | #639 | 5 | 1 in 7,959 |
| Texas | #810 | 11 | 1 in 8,539 |
| California | #1,092 | 11 | 1 in 13,982 |
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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 Coretta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 3,132 spots in 1968 (#3,656 → #524)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1971 (#903 → #1,211)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1968 at #524 (336 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1968–1970
- Highest: 1 in 4,882 girls born in 1968 were named Coretta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Coretta (692) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,607 |
| 1910s | 41 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,319 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,941 (1921) | #4,074 |
| 1930s | 91 | #2,307 (1931) | #3,030 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,974 (1948) | #3,492 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,453 (1956) | #3,413 |
| 1960s | 643 | #524 (1968) | #2,955 |
| 1970s | 692 | #903 (1970) | #1,625 |
| 1980s | 384 | #1,833 (1980) | #2,641 |
| 1990s | 127 | #4,230 (1990) | #8,279 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,715 (2006) | #12,099 |
| 2010s | 89 | #6,521 (2018) | #11,690 |
| 2020s | 36 | #8,406 (2020) | #11,102 |
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.
Coretta in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,882 of them was named Coretta, which outranked 93.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.