Corinna
Corinna was given to 34 girls in 2025, #4,193 among girls’ names; 7,110 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,400 Americans named Corinna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 32 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Corinna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Corinna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Corinna is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “girl, maid, daughter” (κόρη).
Also “a town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States; derived from the female given name.”
From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Corinna?
#4,193 among girls’ names, 2025
Corinna fell from #4,009 in 2015 to #4,193 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 20.7 to 21.2 per million.
225 babies in 1970, the peak
Corinna peaked in 1970, when 225 girls were given it, #698 among girls’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,193 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,981 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,720 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,818 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,750 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,942 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,569 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,447 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,974 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,725 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | #4,009 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,797 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,087 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,859 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,930 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,416 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,468 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,880 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,494 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,573 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,938 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,081 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,049 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,272 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,048 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,375 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 75 | #2,056 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,978 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,784 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,466 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,464 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 130 | #1,301 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 128 | #1,311 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 146 | #1,194 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 121 | #1,351 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 140 | #1,205 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 129 | #1,232 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 164 | #999 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 134 | #1,117 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 107 | #1,263 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 130 | #1,111 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 78 | #1,479 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 97 | #1,272 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,326 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 108 | #1,209 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 114 | #1,180 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,178 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 146 | #955 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 166 | #870 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 170 | #819 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 144 | #905 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 163 | #824 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 163 | #803 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 199 | #721 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 206 | #731 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 225 | #698 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 195 | #720 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 180 | #736 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 174 | #744 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 145 | #827 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 153 | #799 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 149 | #855 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 124 | #950 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 133 | #918 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 167 | #814 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,813 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,652 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,462 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,202 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,448 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,345 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,998 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,595 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,318 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,020 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,952 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,941 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,928 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,088 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,485 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,309 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,284 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,806 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,635 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,952 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,499 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,241 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,377 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,551 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,770 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,519 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,342 | under 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,857 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,966 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,108 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,744 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,729 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,371 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,745 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,613 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,091 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,737 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,684 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,283 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,859 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,590 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,283 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,301 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,284 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,477 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,606 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,142 | 0.03 |
| 1881 | 5 | #854 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Corinna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Corinna has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 121 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Corinna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Corinna, and how old are they?
6,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 7,110 Americans ever recorded as Corinna. The median Corinna alive today is 45 years old; half are between 32 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 6,315 people named Corinna (6,310 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,338 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 47 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 658 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,460 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,870 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 877 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 486 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Corinna born?
The states with the most babies named Corinna are California, Texas and New York, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,257 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 377 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 355 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 223 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 210 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 175 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 174 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Washington | 144 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 88 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 88 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Corinna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Corinna is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Corinna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 99,584 babies since 1880, Corinna is the fourth most given (7.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 354 babies (9.6%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Corinna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Corinna and names like it
- Compare Corinna and CorinneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCorinna peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Corinna since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Corinna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Corinna.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Corinna alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.