Girls' name · since 1900
Coreen
Coreen has 2,475 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,475
- born since 1900
- 1960s
- peak decade
Coreen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 2,475 have been recorded since 1900.
Coreen has 2,475 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2005.
- #4,077 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,475 born since 1900
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coreen ranks #4,077 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,475 born since 1900, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,475
- born since 1900
- 1960s
- peak decade
Coreen's 2,475 recorded births place it above 94.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Coreen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Coreen's full recorded timeline at 1956, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 75 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Coreen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2005
- Peak year (1968)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Coreen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (657 births, 27% of the file).
1960s was Coreen's strongest decade.
657 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Coreen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 53
1910s
53 births
- 1920s 93
1920s
93 births
- 1930s 127
1930s
127 births
- 1940s 245
1940s
245 births
- 1950s
1950s
374 births
- 1960s
1960s
657 births
- 1970s
1970s
535 births
- 1980s 256
1980s
256 births
- 1990s 112
1990s
112 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 657 births (27% of all-time use).
How Coreen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Coreen's total volume
Coreen by state
Where Coreen concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 262 | 10.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 164 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 56 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 54 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 30 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 25 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 17 | 0.7% |
262 of 2,475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Coreen appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Coreen's data
- Coreen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (657 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Coreens (262 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Coreen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1900–2005 (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 Coreen 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.