How rare is the name Coraline?

3,977 people in the United States have the first name Coraline, about 1 in 75,945. It ranks #4,616 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CORALINE

#4,616

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,977
About
1 in 75,945
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,977 people named Coraline, 69.6% reported their origin as White, 19.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Coraline peaked in 2015, when 527 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
527
In 2025*
414 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,786 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Coraline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,303. The largest share of babies named Coraline, 86.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#22,9486
2000s#12,814143
2010s#1,3034,166
2020s#1,3402,471
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Generation Z 1997–1213.7%
2013 and later86.2%

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 Coraline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Coraline has been most common in Oregon (2.4×), Colorado (2.1×), and Washington (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

6,002 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 Coraline

2 other first names also have 3,977 people.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Coraline, most common first.

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