Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Coral

#1,517 most common girls' name of all time · #2,623 across all names · 2% boys / 98% girls · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#1,517
Rank overall
#2,623 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
11,162
Since 2016
1,385
Peak year
2004 #1,037
Best rank
#499 1888
📖The word “coral” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 224/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Coral first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 100 — 100 #1,928
2024 105 — 105 #1,895
2023 105 — 105 #1,891
2022 116 — 116 #1,776
2021 130 — 130 #1,614
2020 129 — 129 #1,616
2019 183 — 183 #1,267
2018 155 — 155 #1,425
2017 160 — 160 #1,424
2016 202 — 202 #1,220
2015 202 — 202 #1,224
2014 208 — 208 #1,180
2013 163 — 163 #1,404
2012 165 — 165 #1,398
2011 149 — 149 #1,497
2010 157 — 157 #1,444
2009 151 — 151 #1,509
2008 161 — 161 #1,462
2007 178 — 178 #1,358
2006 211 — 211 #1,155
2005 210 — 210 #1,122
2004 224 — 224 #1,037
2003 190 — 190 #1,142
2002 172 — 172 #1,189
2001 175 5 180 #1,175
2000 160 — 160 #1,238
1999 194 — 194 #1,047
1998 167 — 167 #1,133
1997 173 — 173 #1,087
1996 177 — 177 #1,047
1995 163 — 163 #1,091
1994 180 — 180 #1,027
1993 175 5 180 #1,050
1992 194 — 194 #982
1991 191 5 196 #981
1990 164 5 169 #1,077
1989 123 7 130 #1,279
1988 79 — 79 #1,639
1987 84 — 84 #1,520
1986 87 — 87 #1,459
1985 106 — 106 #1,271
1984 81 — 81 #1,435
1983 80 — 80 #1,450
1982 87 — 87 #1,402
1981 85 — 85 #1,434
1980 98 — 98 #1,302
1979 87 — 87 #1,411
1978 68 — 68 #1,584
1977 71 — 71 #1,526
1976 67 — 67 #1,526
1975 59 — 59 #1,641
1974 57 — 57 #1,635
1973 36 — 36 #2,176
1972 36 5 41 #2,142
1971 34 — 34 #2,302
1970 38 — 38 #2,125
1969 35 — 35 #2,138
1968 39 — 39 #1,913
1967 39 — 39 #1,887
1966 32 — 32 #2,060
1965 57 — 57 #1,465
1964 58 — 58 #1,487
1963 67 — 67 #1,353
1962 76 — 76 #1,269
1961 82 — 82 #1,217
1960 96 — 96 #1,099
1959 90 — 90 #1,127
1958 88 — 88 #1,131
1957 102 — 102 #1,038
1956 74 — 74 #1,213
1955 86 6 92 #1,088
1954 79 5 84 #1,110
1953 53 — 53 #1,337
1952 60 — 60 #1,228
1951 63 — 63 #1,178
1950 59 — 59 #1,203
1949 47 6 53 #1,337
1948 52 — 52 #1,271
1947 59 5 64 #1,174
1946 67 6 73 #1,036
1945 47 6 53 #1,147
1944 38 7 45 #1,299
1943 43 6 49 #1,234
1942 52 7 59 #1,093
1941 34 — 34 #1,320
1940 33 — 33 #1,296
1939 50 5 55 #1,001
1938 46 5 51 #1,060
1937 42 5 47 #1,105
1936 57 — 57 #907
1935 40 — 40 #1,107
1934 42 — 42 #1,081
1933 34 7 41 #1,228
1932 38 — 38 #1,165
1931 37 5 42 #1,179
1930 46 7 53 #1,092
1929 50 — 50 #1,035
1928 51 — 51 #1,053
1927 35 — 35 #1,368
1926 43 6 49 #1,171
1925 40 9 49 #1,230
1924 43 — 43 #1,213
1923 44 6 50 #1,163
1922 56 — 56 #999
1921 44 12 56 #1,154
1920 36 6 42 #1,294
1919 47 5 52 #1,063
1918 47 5 52 #1,064
1917 53 10 63 #955
1916 49 12 61 #982
1915 27 — 27 #1,382
1914 28 — 28 #1,155
1913 29 — 29 #1,009
1912 17 — 17 #1,315
1911 23 — 23 #915
1910 13 — 13 #1,280
1909 17 — 17 #1,000
1908 17 — 17 #983
1907 13 — 13 #1,110
1906 19 — 19 #859
1905 22 — 22 #786
1904 13 — 13 #1,019
1903 21 — 21 #751
1902 16 — 16 #887
1901 9 — 9 #1,160
1900 13 — 13 #1,073
1899 14 — 14 #891
1898 21 — 21 #736
1897 19 — 19 #726
1896 23 — 23 #667
1895 18 — 18 #762
1894 17 — 17 #733
1893 16 — 16 #760
1892 17 — 17 #716
1891 15 — 15 #716
1890 19 — 19 #614
1889 14 — 14 #710
1888 26 — 26 #499
1887 16 — 16 #583
1886 13 — 13 #654
1885 11 — 11 #687
1884 9 — 9 #766
1883 12 — 12 #576
1882 7 — 7 #783
1881 8 — 8 #667