How Many People Are Named Coretta?
people named Coretta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 164,161 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,433 babies named Coretta in Social Security records from 1909 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
336 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CORA. It was borne by Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), the wife of Martin Luther King.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Coretta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Coretta alive today is about 49 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Coretta first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1968, to 336 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Coretta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #524, in 1968.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #524 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,503 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Coretta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Coretta were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 113 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Coretta was given 9.3 times as often in Mississippi, 5.6 times in Alabama and 5.6 times in South Carolina.
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