Meaning and history
Diminutive form related to Cora and the Greek kore, meaning "maiden" or "girl." Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), civil rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King Jr., is the name's most prominent bearer.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 13 births, rank #8,715
2007: 10 births, rank #10,818
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
20102010: 5 births, rank #16,992
2011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 8 births, rank #11,931
20152015: 15 births, rank #7,613
2016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 11 births, rank #9,341
2018: 18 births, rank #6,521
2019: 14 births, rank #7,716
20202020: 12 births, rank #8,406
2021: 12 births, rank #8,464
2022: 7 births, rank #12,243
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
20242024: 5 births, rank #15,293
Coretta moved from #722 to #903 for girls between 1969 and 1970. Its highest annual birth count came in 1968, with 336 births.