Girls' name · since 1950

Corinn

Corinn has 648 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#10,018 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,176 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
648
born since 1950
1990s
peak decade

Corinn currently ranks #15176 among girls' names in America, with 648 babies recorded since 1950.

Corinn has 648 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15176 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.

  • #10,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,176 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 648 born since 1950
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corinn ranks #10,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,176 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 648 born since 1950, peaking in the 1990s.

#10,018 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,176 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
648
born since 1950
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.2%
Corinn vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Corinn's 648 recorded births place it above 86.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Corinn compares

648 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

Corinn's all-time total is 72% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Corinn Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 648 376 567,345
Peak-year births 31 21 19,840

Corinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Corinn's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Corinn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1978)
31
Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
010203040 195019681978198519921999200620192025 5

Corinn by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 24% of the file).

1990s was Corinn's strongest decade.

158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.

Corinn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (24% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Corinn 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 Corinn's total volume

Corinn vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25% 020406080100120 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -18, 20.2%-25, 13.1%-25, 9.6%-25, 7.9%-33, 5.2%-31, 7.1%-54, 5.7%-14, 11.9%-49, 5.7%-40, 8%-33, 6.5%-34, 15%-30, 6.8%-97, 4.2%-48, 7%Corinn-76, 4.8%Corinn
Corinn vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Corinn by state

Where Corinn concentrates geographically, total births since 1950

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Corinn
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
18 2.8%
#2 Michigan
11 1.7%
#3 New York
6 0.9%
#4 Illinois
5 0.8%
California share of Corinn's total US births 2.8%
Even split

18 of 648 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Corinn?
Corinn has been given to 648 babies in the U.S. since 1950, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #10,018 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,176 of 17,297. 31 babies were born in 1978, its single highest year.
Where does Corinn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corinn ranks #10,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,176 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Corinn most popular?
Corinn was most popular in the 1990s decade with 158 total births. The single peak year was 1978.
Where is Corinn most popular?
The top states for the name Corinn are California (18 births), Michigan (11 births), New York (6 births).
How long has the name Corinn been used?
Corinn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1950, spanning 76 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Corinn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cora, Corinne, Cornelia, Corrine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Corinn's data

  • Corinn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Corinns (18 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.

Keep exploring Corinn

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Corinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1950–2025 (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 Corinn 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.