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How popular is the name Coral?

Births per year, rank history and how many Corals are alive today.

Coral (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1719th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 128 babies were given the name, the 290th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 13% of its peak.

The Coral you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Corals born in England and Wales are between 20 and 34, and there are at least 2,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Coral - on average, only one in every 150 such rooms contains a Coral.

How many babies are named Coral each year?

050100200020201996: 1281997: 951998: 1041999: 922000: 492001: 402002: 422003: 342004: 412005: 462006: 532007: 332008: 332009: 362010: 372011: 232012: 422013: 272014: 322015: 282016: 312017: 252018: 262019: 242020: 182021: 222022: 192023: 232024: 162025: 17actual

Where does Coral rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 2901997: ranked 3501998: ranked 3351999: ranked 3492000: ranked 5572001: ranked 6422002: ranked 6432003: ranked 7812004: ranked 7012005: ranked 6682006: ranked 6222007: ranked 9192008: ranked 9572009: ranked 9162010: ranked 9302011: ranked 1,3272012: ranked 8872013: ranked 1,2532014: ranked 1,0942015: ranked 1,2042016: ranked 1,1122017: ranked 1,3302018: ranked 1,2722019: ranked 1,3162020: ranked 1,6182021: ranked 1,4022022: ranked 1,5562023: ranked 1,3712024: ranked 1,8192025: ranked 1,719

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Coral per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 128 in 1996
Coral: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Coral most popular?

Coral peaked in 1996, when 128 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Coral?

At least 2,100 people named Coral born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Coral?

Most living Corals are between 20 and 34; the most common age is about 31.

Is Coral becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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