Coretta
Girl · kor-ET-a · Greek
Coretta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “maiden”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Coretta mean?
Greek: diminutive of Cora, from Greek kore
“maiden”
Borne by Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Is Coretta a girl's or a boy's name?
Coretta is a girls' name.
How popular is Coretta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 336 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Coretta in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Coretta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,814 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,486 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,690 |
| 1972 | 82 | #1,254 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,211 |
| 1970 | 146 | #903 |
| 1969 | 194 | #722 |
| 1968 | 336 | #524 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
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