Coral is an established girls' name that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Coral is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,931 for girl births in the United States (and #3,535 across all names), given to 100 babies — 106 including U.S. territories. Coral was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 2004 (224 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 106 | #1,931 | — |
| 2024 | 105 | 105 | #1,898 | — |
| 2023 | 105 | 105 | #1,890 | — |
| 2022 | 116 | 116 | #1,776 | — |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | #1,615 | — |
| 2020 | 129 | 129 | #1,617 | — |
| 2019 | 183 | 183 | #1,269 | — |
| 2018 | 155 | 155 | #1,426 | — |
| 2017 | 160 | 167 | #1,424 | — |
| 2016 | 202 | 208 | #1,219 | — |
| 2015 | 202 | 208 | #1,224 | — |
| 2014 | 208 | 220 | #1,180 | — |
| 2013 | 163 | 176 | #1,405 | — |
| 2012 | 165 | 172 | #1,399 | — |
| 2011 | 149 | 161 | #1,500 | — |
| 2010 | 157 | 173 | #1,446 | — |
| 2009 | 151 | 169 | #1,512 | — |
| 2008 | 161 | 172 | #1,462 | — |
| 2007 | 178 | 193 | #1,358 | — |
| 2006 | 211 | 231 | #1,156 | — |
| 2005 | 210 | 222 | #1,122 | — |
| 2004 | 224 | 241 | #1,037 | — |
| 2003 | 190 | 207 | #1,140 | — |
| 2002 | 172 | 191 | #1,190 | — |
| 2001 | 180 | 207 | #1,175 | #10,888 |
| 2000 | 160 | 192 | #1,237 | — |
| 1999 | 194 | 239 | #1,048 | — |
| 1998 | 167 | 206 | #1,135 | — |
| 1997 | 173 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1996 | 177 | — | #1,046 | — |
| 1995 | 163 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1994 | 180 | — | #1,028 | — |
| 1993 | 180 | — | #1,050 | #8,960 |
| 1992 | 194 | — | #983 | — |
| 1991 | 196 | — | #983 | #8,416 |
| 1990 | 169 | — | #1,077 | #8,351 |
| 1989 | 130 | — | #1,280 | #6,340 |
| 1988 | 79 | — | #1,645 | — |
| 1987 | 84 | — | #1,521 | — |
| 1986 | 87 | — | #1,461 | — |
| 1985 | 106 | — | #1,271 | — |
| 1984 | 81 | — | #1,435 | — |
| 1983 | 80 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1982 | 87 | — | #1,403 | — |
| 1981 | 85 | — | #1,436 | — |
| 1980 | 98 | — | #1,302 | — |
| 1979 | 87 | — | #1,410 | — |
| 1978 | 68 | — | #1,583 | — |
| 1977 | 71 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1976 | 67 | — | #1,523 | — |
| 1975 | 59 | — | #1,643 | — |
| 1974 | 57 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1973 | 36 | — | #2,180 | — |
| 1972 | 41 | — | #2,140 | #5,117 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | #2,300 | — |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #2,127 | — |
| 1969 | 35 | — | #2,141 | — |
| 1968 | 39 | — | #1,916 | — |
| 1967 | 39 | — | #1,888 | — |
| 1966 | 32 | — | #2,067 | — |
| 1965 | 57 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1964 | 58 | — | #1,485 | — |
| 1963 | 67 | — | #1,355 | — |
| 1962 | 76 | — | #1,266 | — |
| 1961 | 82 | — | #1,219 | — |
| 1960 | 96 | — | #1,097 | — |
| 1959 | 90 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1958 | 88 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1957 | 102 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1956 | 74 | — | #1,211 | — |
| 1955 | 92 | — | #1,089 | #3,567 |
| 1954 | 84 | — | #1,109 | #3,927 |
| 1953 | 53 | — | #1,333 | — |
| 1952 | 60 | — | #1,228 | — |
| 1951 | 63 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1950 | 59 | — | #1,202 | — |
| 1949 | 53 | — | #1,339 | #3,381 |
| 1948 | 52 | — | #1,272 | — |
| 1947 | 64 | — | #1,174 | #3,828 |
| 1946 | 73 | — | #1,034 | #3,241 |
| 1945 | 53 | — | #1,144 | #3,052 |
| 1944 | 45 | — | #1,296 | #2,916 |
| 1943 | 49 | — | #1,230 | #3,284 |
| 1942 | 59 | — | #1,093 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1940 | 33 | — | #1,295 | — |
| 1939 | 55 | — | #998 | #3,587 |
| 1938 | 51 | — | #1,058 | #3,625 |
| 1937 | 47 | — | #1,102 | #3,621 |
| 1936 | 57 | — | #901 | — |
| 1935 | 40 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1934 | 42 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1933 | 41 | — | #1,229 | #3,066 |
| 1932 | 38 | — | #1,166 | — |
| 1931 | 42 | — | #1,178 | #3,879 |
| 1930 | 53 | — | #1,090 | #3,353 |
| 1929 | 50 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1928 | 51 | — | #1,052 | — |
| 1927 | 35 | — | #1,367 | — |
| 1926 | 49 | — | #1,170 | #3,792 |
| 1925 | 49 | — | #1,227 | #2,973 |
| 1924 | 43 | — | #1,208 | — |
| 1923 | 50 | — | #1,160 | #3,910 |
| 1922 | 56 | — | #998 | — |
| 1921 | 56 | — | #1,152 | #2,520 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #1,287 | #3,916 |
| 1919 | 52 | — | #1,062 | #4,284 |
| 1918 | 52 | — | #1,065 | #4,302 |
| 1917 | 63 | — | #954 | #2,589 |
| 1916 | 61 | — | #982 | #2,292 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1914 | 28 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1913 | 29 | — | #1,009 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,315 | — |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #906 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #1,279 | — |
| 1909 | 17 | — | #995 | — |
| 1908 | 17 | — | #973 | — |
| 1907 | 13 | — | #1,105 | — |
| 1906 | 19 | — | #850 | — |
| 1905 | 22 | — | #783 | — |
| 1904 | 13 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1903 | 21 | — | #739 | — |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #875 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #1,154 | — |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #1,062 | — |
| 1899 | 14 | — | #883 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | — | #721 | — |
| 1897 | 19 | — | #719 | — |
| 1896 | 23 | — | #657 | — |
| 1895 | 18 | — | #748 | — |
| 1894 | 17 | — | #721 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #746 | — |
| 1892 | 17 | — | #708 | — |
| 1891 | 15 | — | #698 | — |
| 1890 | 19 | — | #604 | — |
| 1889 | 14 | — | #692 | — |
| 1888 | 26 | — | #488 | — |
| 1887 | 16 | — | #563 | — |
| 1886 | 13 | — | #640 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #663 | — |
| 1884 | 9 | — | #746 | — |
| 1883 | 12 | — | #564 | — |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #758 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #639 | — |