Girls' name · since 1998
Corah
437 babies named Corah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 437
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Corah is the #7715 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 437 recorded since 1998.
Corah has 437 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7715 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #12,812 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,715 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 437 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corah ranks #12,812 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,715 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 437 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 437
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Corah's 437 recorded births place it above 82.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Corah compares
437 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Corah's all-time total is 16% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Corah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 437 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Corah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Corah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Corah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Corah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (215 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Corah's strongest decade.
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Corah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
215 births
- 2020s 85
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 215 births (49% of all-time use).
Corah by state
Where Corah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 437 births nationwide.
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What to do with Corah's data
- Corah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (215 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Corahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Corah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Corah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.