How rare is the name Coral?

9,062 people in the United States have the first name Coral, about 1 in 33,329. It ranks #2,625 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CORAL

#2,625

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,062
About
1 in 33,329
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,062 people named Coral, 59.7% reported their origin as White, 28.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as two or more races. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Coral peaked in 2004, when 224 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
224
In 2025*
100 ▼55%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,162 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Coral by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,161. The largest share of babies named Coral, 25.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,170116
1890s#1,161179
1900s#1,478160
1910s#1,870365
1920s#2,004481
1930s#1,905466
1940s#2,012515
1950s#1,929765
1960s#2,394581
1970s#2,765558
1980s#2,297917
1990s#1,8241,793
2000s#2,1751,837
2010s#2,4141,744
2020s#3,253685
Before 19012.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–278%
Silent Generation 1928–457.5%
Baby boom 1946–6412.4%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–9618.6%
Generation Z 1997–1225.5%
2013 and later17.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Coral is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Coral has been most common in Florida (4.4×), California (3.6×), and Washington (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.23×).

5,279 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Coral

1 other first name also has 9,062 people.

#2,625 Kaya · 9,062

Either side of Coral

#2,623 Ami · 9,067#2,624 Gayla · 9,065#2,625 Kaya · 9,062#2,627 Selma · 9,055

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Coral, most common first.

#40,711 Coraly · 182

Also a last name

As a last name, Coral ranks #31,051 of 156,621, with 801 people. See Coral as a last name

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