Girls' name · since 1966
Corvette
80 babies named Corvette in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Corvette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 80 have been recorded since 1966.
Corvette has 80 recorded births among girls since 1966, 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 1966 to 1998.
- #29,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corvette ranks #29,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Corvette's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Corvette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Corvette splits its recorded history at 1988: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Corvette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1998
- Peak year (1985)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Corvette by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 61% of the file).
1980s was Corvette's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Corvette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (61% of all-time use).
Corvette by state
Where Corvette concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
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- Corvette's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1990s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Corvettes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Corvette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1966–1998 (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 Corvette 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.