How Many People Are Named Corinna?

6,426

people named Corinna are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 53,187 people in the US has this name

Based on 7,110 babies named Corinna in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,204

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,791

See the top 100

Peak Year

1970

225 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronunciation: kə-REEN-ə (English), kə-RIN-ə (English), ko-RI-na (German)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Latinized form of the Greek name Κοριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden". This was the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. The Roman poet Ovid used it for the main female character in his book 'Amores'. In the modern era it has been in use since the 17th century, when Robert Herrick used it in his poem 'Corinna's going a-Maying'.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Corinna in English. Counting Corinna and these spellings together, about 11,945 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Corinna in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Corinna alive today is about 42 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 55 in 2025.

Under 30 1,474
22.9%
30 to 59 4,100
63.8%
60 and over 852
13.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Corinna first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1970, to 225 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Corinna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #698, in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #4,193.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,193
Best rank#698 (1970)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#833 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Corinna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Corinna were born in California than in any other state: about 1,196 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Corinna was given 2.9 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Washington and 2.2 times in Oregon.

California 1,196
Texas 359
New York 334
Pennsylvania 209
Michigan 194
Illinois 162
Ohio 162
Washington 135
Massachusetts 83
Wisconsin 82
Oregon 73
Florida 64
Arizona 61
Indiana 51
Minnesota 41
Virginia 38
Colorado 25
Hawaii 23
North Carolina 20
Maine 17
New Jersey 16
Connecticut 16
Kansas 10
Montana 9
Nebraska 9
Georgia 6
Idaho 6
Maryland 5
Iowa 4

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