Koraline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOR-uh-lyne
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Koraline is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Koraline mean?
French: spelling of Coraline; French name related to Coralie; also a variant of Caroline
Made famous by the 2002 novella Coraline and its 2009 film; the author said the name began as a typo for Caroline.
Meaning borrowed from Coraline. More on Wiktionary.
Is Koraline a girl's or a boy's name?
Koraline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Koraline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Koraline, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had more girls named Koraline than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Koraline in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 461 girls in the US were given Koraline or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
- Coraline 414
- Koraline 47
Koraline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
Nicknames for Koraline
- Cora 461 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Koraline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliette, Calliope, Elowyn, Kyrielle, Rynlee, Klarity, Brynlee, Everly, Vivienne, Marlowe, Elodie, Esme
Other spellings of Koraline
Names related to Koraline
Caroline, Karolina, Karoline, Koralynn, Karaline, Koralyn, Karlin
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Koraline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/koraline, updated 20 October 2026.