Coretta

Girl · recorded 1909–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

010320519091938196719952024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 104 recorded years as a table
Coretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190923
191013
191311
19165
19176
19189
19197
19204
19219
19224
19244
19256
19267
19276
19298
19308
193112
19326
19336
19349
19356
19369
193711
193810
19399
19404
19417
19427
19436
19445
19455
19465
19476
19487
19496
19507
19514
19524
19533
19547
19557
195610
19579
19587
19598
19608
19616
19625
19639
19645
196510
19669
19678
1968205
1969115
197084
197156
197254
197336
197445
197530
197642
197725
197832
197937
198036
198126
198223
198324
198417
198516
198625
198722
198818
198917
199012
19918
19929
199312
19948
19957
19963
19973
19984
19993
20004
20034
20053
20067
20075
20083
20103
20113
20133
20144
20158
20165
20176
201811
20198
20207
20217
20224
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Coretta 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 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#15,293
How rare
1 in 324,038 girls
Since 1909
2,433

Coretta was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1968, at 205 per million girls born.

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

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