# Coral (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/coral/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,162 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 191 / 10,971 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,236, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From coral.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,500 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,399 |
| 2013 | 163 | 1,405 |
| 2014 | 208 | 1,180 |
| 2015 | 202 | 1,224 |
| 2016 | 202 | 1,219 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,424 |
| 2018 | 155 | 1,426 |
| 2019 | 183 | 1,269 |
| 2020 | 129 | 1,617 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,615 |
| 2022 | 116 | 1,776 |
| 2023 | 105 | 1,890 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,898 |
| 2025 | 100 | 1,931 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 7 | 2,984 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,284 |
| 1944 | 7 | 2,916 |
| 1945 | 6 | 3,052 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,828 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,381 |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,927 |
| 1955 | 6 | 3,567 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,117 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,340 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,351 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,416 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,960 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,888 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 32 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Coral

- Coral Browne, Australian actress (1913–1991)
- Coral Buttsworth, Australian tennis player (1900-1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.