Corinna

Gender: Girl
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #4,171 for girls

Corinna is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “girl, maid, daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).

What does Corinna mean?

Greek

“girl, maid, daughter”

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Corinna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Corinna in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls.

Half of all the girls named Corinna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 17 in 19992018

Corinna in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2018	1	#7,536
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,951
2014	5	#4,187
2013	4	#4,953
2012	0	–
2011	7	#3,360
2010	0	–
2009	5	#4,141
2008	3	#5,772
2007	4	#4,494
2006	7	#2,940
2005	7	#2,806
2004	7	#2,669
2003	10	#1,954
2002	1	#5,540
2001	7	#2,341
2000	11	#1,689
1999	17	#1,243
1998	14	#1,417
1997	14	#1,387
1996	16	#1,244

How popular is Corinna in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,171st among girls
Babies in 2025: 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 1% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Corinna, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 225 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

Half of all the girls named Corinna in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 108 girls in the US were given Corinna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,609, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.

Corina 37
Corinna 34
Korina 15
Corrina 15
Korinna 7

1881Busiest: 225 in 19702025

Corinna in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	34	#4,171
2024	37	#3,962
2023	41	#3,707
2022	28	#4,790
2021	40	#3,734
2020	36	#3,914
2019	30	#4,545
2018	45	#3,437
2017	55	#2,964
2016	41	#3,707
2015	37	#3,988
2014	29	#4,766
2013	36	#4,074
2012	29	#4,834
2011	38	#3,915
2010	33	#4,396
2009	47	#3,459
2008	41	#3,858
2007	47	#3,481
2006	44	#3,563
2005	55	#2,931
2004	50	#3,067
2003	49	#3,040
2002	72	#2,260
2001	82	#2,044
2000	65	#2,370
1999	75	#2,048
1998	76	#1,974
1997	84	#1,782
1996	112	#1,464
1995	109	#1,463
1994	130	#1,301
1993	128	#1,310
1992	146	#1,192
1991	121	#1,348
1990	140	#1,204
1989	129	#1,231
1988	164	#999
1987	134	#1,115
1986	107	#1,260
1985	130	#1,109
1984	78	#1,475
1983	97	#1,272
1982	94	#1,325
1981	108	#1,209
1980	114	#1,176
1979	112	#1,178
1978	146	#954
1977	166	#870
1976	170	#818
1975	144	#905
1974	163	#824
1973	163	#801
1972	199	#718
1971	206	#731
1970	225	#697
1969	195	#720
1968	180	#735
1967	174	#743
1966	145	#826
1965	153	#798
1964	149	#854
1963	124	#947
1962	133	#916
1961	167	#814
1960	39	#1,810
1959	12	#3,618
1958	22	#2,448
1957	23	#2,346
1956	25	#2,193
1955	8	#4,375
1954	8	#4,276
1953	9	#3,954
1952	10	#3,551
1951	11	#3,283
1950	8	#3,960
1949	8	#3,891
1948	8	#3,881
1947	13	#2,897
1946	5	#4,958
1945	13	#2,457
1944	15	#2,286
1943	9	#3,248
1942	7	#3,736
1941	7	#3,557
1940	6	#3,861
1939	7	#3,427
1938	8	#3,179
1937	5	#4,253
1936	11	#2,520
1935	10	#2,729
1934	7	#3,447
1933	5	#4,216
1932	10	#2,829
1931	6	#3,846
1930	9	#3,053
1929	7	#3,680
1928	0	–
1927	12	#2,698
1926	15	#2,350
1925	8	#3,663
1924	14	#2,513
1923	13	#2,587
1922	7	#4,009
1921	8	#3,665
1920	8	#3,596
1919	15	#2,264
1918	11	#2,821
1917	12	#2,551
1916	17	#1,949
1915	13	#2,254
1914	10	#2,264
1913	5	#3,185
1912	10	#1,843
1911	0	–
1910	5	#2,398
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	7	#1,438
1901	0	–
1900	7	#1,560
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	7	#1,292
1895	0	–
1894	8	#1,136
1893	0	–
1892	6	#1,278
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	5	#1,108
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	0	–
1882	0	–
1881	5	#830

Names like Corinna

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

Jessica, Cara, Francesca, Melissa, Cassandra, Lara, Alexandra, Georgina, Caitlin, Erin, Athena, Kiara

Other spellings of Corinna

Corina, Korina, Corrina, Korinna

Names related to Corinna

Carina, Corinne, Corrin, Corrine, Corynn

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek 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, “Corinna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/corinna, updated 20 October 2026.