Coral

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Coral is a feminine given name derived from the precious coral used to make jewelry. The name is ultimately derived from the Greek word korallion and the Latin coralium. The name came into fashion in the Anglosphere in the late 1800s along with other gemstone names for girls.

From Wikipedia

Coral first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 29 babies (rank #747 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Coral

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Coral yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

533
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
29
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199117#1,024
199219#965
199329#747
199426#731
199524#855
199622#905
199726#795
199820#942
199926#805
200021#919
200118#1,062
200220#973
200318#1,090
200412#1,497
200513#1,449
200617#1,266
200720#1,159
200810#1,976
200918#1,298
20109#2,197
201113#1,643
201217#1,395
201312#1,785
20147#2,621
201511#1,862
201613#1,661
201715#1,533
20189#2,217
20198#2,441
202015#1,495
20216#3,039
202214#1,559
20238#2,488