Recorded 1950–2019 Girls' name Peak 1978 643 births

Corinn — girls' name

643 babies named Corinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s231960s341970s981980s1521990s1582000s1312010s47
1990s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Corinn was born in this single decade.

1978
Single peak year

31 babies were named Corinn in 1978 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Corinn

The Social Security Administration has registered 643 babies named Corinn between 1950 and 2019, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Corinn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corinn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Corinn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Corinn in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corinn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 643 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Corinn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

643

Since 1950

70 years of records

Peak year

1978

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1950

Recorded for 70 years

Last year on file: 2019

Corinn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1950

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1978)
31
Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
010203040 20192006199919921985197819681950 6

Corinn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
158 births that decade — 25% of Corinn's all-time total
1950s231960s341970s981980s1521990s1582000s1312010s47

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 643 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Corinn?
643 babies have been named Corinn since 1950. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1978 with 31 births.
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 70 years of data through 2019.
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.