Corita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Corita

The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Corita between 1921 and 1990, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Corita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Corita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Corita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corita 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 163 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.