# Coraline (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/coraline/  
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 | 6,786 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,786 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 121, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An elaborate form of Coralie, itself derived from coral. Name of a character in Adolphe Adam's opera Le toréador.

## 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 | 225 | 1,092 |
| 2012 | 326 | 826 |
| 2013 | 389 | 713 |
| 2014 | 453 | 631 |
| 2015 | 527 | 579 |
| 2016 | 502 | 600 |
| 2017 | 512 | 586 |
| 2018 | 512 | 595 |
| 2019 | 481 | 624 |
| 2020 | 448 | 647 |
| 2021 | 396 | 723 |
| 2022 | 430 | 678 |
| 2023 | 391 | 719 |
| 2024 | 392 | 718 |
| 2025 | 414 | 683 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Coraline

- Coraline Vitalis, French fencer
- Coraline Hugue, French cross-country skier

## 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.