How Many People Are Named Coral?
people named Coral are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,171 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,162 babies named Coral in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
224 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English and Spanish word coral for the underwater skeletal deposits which can form reefs. It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek κοραλλιον (korallion).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Coral, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Coral alive today is about 32 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Coral first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2004, to 224 babies. In 2025, 100 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Coral has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #488, in 1888. In 2025 it ranked #1,931.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,931 |
| Best rank | #488 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,228 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Coral alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Coral were born in California than in any other state: about 1,856 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Coral was given 3.2 times as often in Florida, 2.8 times in California and 1.9 times in Oregon.
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