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Coral

Gender
Girl
Say it
KOR-al
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,779 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,927 for girls

Coral is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “coral”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).

What does Coral mean?

English: English word name, via Latin from Greek

“coral”

Coral was once thought to protect babies, and Victorian children were often given coral teething rattles.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Coral a girl's or a boy's name?

Coral is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Coral in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,779th among girls
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Coral, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 133 girls.

Half of all the girls named Coral in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 133 in 19962025
Coral in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#1,779
202416#1,881
202324#1,399
202220#1,591
202124#1,393
202019#1,647
201926#1,332
201829#1,237
201729#1,248
201637#1,037
201531#1,193
201435#1,080
201331#1,188
201250#831
201124#1,379
201041#919
200939#927
200837#946
200743#818
200658#632
200552#661
200445#698
200337#783
200245#661
200141#679
200055#563
199995#381
1998111#349
199799#382
1996133#302

How popular is Coral in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,927th among girls
Babies in 2025
100 about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Coral, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,616th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 224 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had fewer girls named Coral than any year since 1988.

Half of all the girls named Coral in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 107 girls in the US were given Coral or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,620, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.

1881Busiest: 224 in 20042025
Coral in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025100#1,927
2024105#1,895
2023105#1,890
2022116#1,775
2021130#1,612
2020129#1,616
2019183#1,267
2018155#1,425
2017160#1,422
2016202#1,217
2015202#1,223
2014208#1,179
2013163#1,403
2012165#1,396
2011149#1,497
2010157#1,443
2009151#1,509
2008161#1,461
2007178#1,357
2006211#1,155
2005210#1,121
2004224#1,037
2003190#1,139
2002172#1,188
2001175#1,174
2000160#1,235
1999194#1,045
1998167#1,132
1997173#1,085
1996177#1,044
1995163#1,087
1994180#1,026
1993175#1,047
1992194#980
1991191#979
1990164#1,075
1989123#1,274
198879#1,635
198784#1,518
198687#1,459
1985106#1,269
198481#1,432
198380#1,447
198287#1,399
198185#1,433
198098#1,299
197987#1,410
197868#1,581
197771#1,526
197667#1,523
197559#1,640
197457#1,630
197336#2,171
197236#2,135
197134#2,296
197038#2,120
196935#2,134
196839#1,909
196739#1,881
196632#2,057
196557#1,463
196458#1,482
196367#1,352
196276#1,266
196182#1,216
196096#1,096
195990#1,125
195888#1,128
1957102#1,037
195674#1,209
195586#1,086
195479#1,107
195353#1,331
195260#1,224
195163#1,176
195059#1,199
194947#1,334
194852#1,266
194759#1,169
194667#1,031
194547#1,141
194438#1,292
194343#1,227
194252#1,091
194134#1,310
194033#1,294
193950#996
193846#1,055
193742#1,099
193657#901
193540#1,101
193442#1,079
193334#1,224
193238#1,162
193137#1,175
193046#1,084
192950#1,032
192851#1,051
192735#1,361
192643#1,166
192540#1,225
192443#1,206
192344#1,158
192256#997
192144#1,148
192036#1,282
191947#1,057
191847#1,061
191753#952
191649#979
191527#1,367
191428#1,147
191329#1,003
191217#1,297
191123#898
191013#1,267
190917#990
190817#970
190713#1,092
190619#845
190522#777
190413#1,001
190321#734
190216#872
19019#1,136
190013#1,052
189914#878
189821#719
189719#715
189623#651
189518#746
189417#719
189316#739
189217#706
189115#695
189019#599
188914#687
188826#486
188716#560
188613#633
188511#658
18849#731
188312#561
18827#740
18818#623

Names like Coral

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Chloe, Ellie, Hannah, Charlotte, Emma, Sophie, Zoe, Lily, Daisy, Molly, Anna, Emily

Other spellings of Coral

Koral

Names related to Coral

Coralie, Carole, Coralee, Carola, Corley

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Coral: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coral, updated 20 October 2026.