Girls' name · since 1987
Corsica
86 babies named Corsica in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Corsica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 86 recorded since 1987.
Corsica has 86 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1995.
- #28,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1987
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corsica ranks #28,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1987, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Corsica's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Corsica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Corsica's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Corsica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1995
- Peak year (1988)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Corsica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (46 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Corsica's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Corsica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 46 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Corsica's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 1990s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Corsica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
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, 1987–1995 (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 Corsica 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.