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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Coretta

Coretta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 524th with 336 babies. More babies were named Coretta in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1968336 babies
Total since 1880
2,433babies recorded

Coretta popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#8,51712
2010#17,6145
2000#10,9598
1990#4,27023
1980#1,84259
1970#903146
1960#3,10916
1950#3,09312
1940#4,4825
1930#3,1099
1920#5,1315
1910#2,4925
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Coretta, counting every spelling?

Coretta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Coretta?

About 2,100 people born in the US named Coretta are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 43 and 58. That makes Coretta mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Coretta by state

How common Coretta was among girls born in each state in 1966–1970, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (5.4×), South Carolina (5.2×), Georgia (4.2×), Alabama (3.8×), Louisiana (2.9×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIL0.09Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNY0.06Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIN0.02Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.10Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesVA0.15Maryland: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMD0.09Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAR0.07Tennessee: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTN0.18North Carolina: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesNC0.19South Carolina: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesSC0.44District of Columbia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesDC0.21Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesLA0.24Mississippi: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesMS0.45Alabama: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesAL0.31Georgia: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesGA0.35Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesFL0.18
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Coretta, girls, 1966–1970. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Coretta

How popular is the name Coretta?

Coretta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 524th with 336 babies. More babies were named Coretta in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Coretta a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Coretta in the US.

Where was Coretta most popular?

In 1966–1970, Coretta was most common in Mississippi (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Georgia.