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Coral

This name comes from the English and Spanish word coral for the underwater skeletal deposits that can form reefs.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈkɔɹ.əl/; Spanish /ko.ˈɾal/
Usage languagesEnglish, Spanish
US rank (2025)#1,927

Meaning and history

Coral is a name derived from the English and Spanish word coral, referring to the underwater skeletal deposits that can form reefs; the word ultimately comes, via Old French and Latin, from Greek κοράλλιον (korallion).

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 211 births, rank #1,155
2007: 178 births, rank #1,357
2008: 161 births, rank #1,461
2009: 151 births, rank #1,509
2010: 157 births, rank #1,443
20112011: 149 births, rank #1,497
2012: 165 births, rank #1,396
2013: 163 births, rank #1,403
2014: 208 births, rank #1,179
2015: 202 births, rank #1,223
20162016: 202 births, rank #1,217
2017: 160 births, rank #1,422
2018: 155 births, rank #1,425
2019: 183 births, rank #1,267
2020: 129 births, rank #1,616
20212021: 130 births, rank #1,612
2022: 116 births, rank #1,775
2023: 105 births, rank #1,890
2024: 105 births, rank #1,895
20252025: 100 births, rank #1,927

Coral held steady at #983 for girls between 1991 and 1992. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 194.