Coral

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Primarily a girl's name · 98% 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 1881 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 224 babies (rank #1,037 that year). In 2024 it was given to 105 girls (rank #1,893). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

11,061
Total babies (all years)
144
Years in the data
224
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18818#639
18827#758
188312#564
18849#746
188511#663
188613#640
188716#563
188826#488
188914#692
189019#604
189115#698
189217#708
189316#746
189417#721
189518#748
189623#657
189719#719
189821#721
189914#883
190013#1,062
19019#1,154
190216#875
190321#739
190413#1,014
190522#783
190619#850
190713#1,105
190817#973
190917#995
191013#1,279
191123#906
191217#1,315
191329#1,009
191428#1,155
191527#1,372
191649#982
191753#954
191847#1,065
191947#1,062
192036#1,287
192144#1,152
192256#998
192344#1,160
192443#1,208
192540#1,227
192643#1,170
192735#1,367
192851#1,052
192950#1,035
193046#1,090
193137#1,178
193238#1,166
193334#1,229
193442#1,083
193540#1,103
193657#901
193742#1,102
193846#1,058
193950#998
194033#1,295
194134#1,316
194252#1,093
194343#1,230
194438#1,296
194547#1,144
194667#1,034
194759#1,174
194852#1,272
194947#1,339
195059#1,202
195163#1,179
195260#1,228
195353#1,333
195479#1,109
195586#1,089
195674#1,211
1957102#1,039
195888#1,129
195990#1,126
196096#1,097
196182#1,218
196276#1,266
196368#1,340
196458#1,485
196557#1,466
196632#2,067
196739#1,888
196839#1,915
196935#2,141
197038#2,127
197134#2,300
197236#2,140
197336#2,180
197457#1,631
197559#1,644
197667#1,523
197771#1,528
197868#1,583
197987#1,410
198098#1,302
198185#1,436
198287#1,403
198380#1,451
198481#1,435
1985106#1,271
198687#1,461
198784#1,521
198879#1,645
1989123#1,280
1990164#1,077
1991191#983
1992194#983
1993175#1,050
1994180#1,028
1995163#1,090
1996177#1,046
1997173#1,088
1998167#1,135
1999194#1,048
2000160#1,237
2001175#1,175
2002172#1,190
2003190#1,140
2004224#1,037
2005210#1,122
2006211#1,156
2007178#1,358
2008161#1,462
2009151#1,512
2010157#1,446
2011149#1,500
2012165#1,399
2013163#1,405
2014208#1,179
2015201#1,227
2016202#1,219
2017160#1,423
2018155#1,426
2019183#1,269
2020128#1,623
2021130#1,614
2022116#1,775
2023105#1,889
2024105#1,893