Coral

Boy · recorded 1916–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Coral.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

071319161937195919802001

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 30 recorded years as a table
Coral, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191613
191711
19185
19195
19206
192111
19235
19258
19265
19306
19315
19337
19375
19385
19395
19425
19434
19445
19454
19464
19473
19493
19542
19553
19723
19893
19902
19912
19933
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Coral isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
5
Rank in 2001
#10,556
How rare
1 in 388,576 boys
Since 1916
191

Coral was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Coral doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.