The first name Coretta
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Coretta at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 5 girls born in the United States were named Coretta, the 15,794th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1968, when 336 were.
2,433
babies named Coretta since 1880
#15,794
rank in 2024
1968
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Coretta
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Coretta Scott KingAmerican author, activist, eta eskubide zibilen liderra; Martin Luther Kingen emaztea, 1927–2006
Questions
- Is Coretta a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,433 US babies named Coretta since 1880 were girls.
- When was Coretta most popular?
- 1968 in the United States, when 336 babies were named Coretta, its highest rank at 524th.