Corinthian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-IN-thee-un
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Corinthian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Corinth”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Corinthian mean?
Greek: English word from Korinthos, the city of Corinth
“from Corinth”
Recalls Paul's Letters to the Corinthians in the New Testament.
Is Corinthian a girl's or a boy's name?
Corinthian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Corinthian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Corinthian, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Corinthian in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Corinthian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Corinthian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cristian, Kian, Keegan, Brayden, Christian, Sebastian, Cannon, Killian, Dorian, Aiden, Declan, Orion
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Corinthian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/corinthian, updated 20 October 2026.