Corinthian — #7834 US boys' name
796 babies named Corinthian in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Corinthian was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Corinthian in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Corinthian
The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Corinthian between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corinthian currently holds the #7834 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Corinthian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 202 additional births since 1965.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Corinthian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Corinthian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Corinthian in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Corinthian 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 796 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.
Corinthian at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Corinthian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (2001)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #7834 among boys.
796 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 27 births in a single year.
Corinthian popularity over time — girls
202 total births recorded since 1965 (Corinthian as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Corinthian accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Corinthian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 214 births that decade — 27% of Corinthian's all-time total
Corinthian decade highlights
- Peak decade 214 births
- Runner-up 172 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Corinthian's strongest decade
214 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Corinthian by state
Where Corinthian concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
11 of 796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- South Carolina 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1958–2024 (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.