Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Coretta

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1968

Peak era

1968

Peak births

336

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen X

1909Peak 19682025

Quick answers about Coretta

An estimated 2,072 living Americans are named Coretta.

Coretta fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Coretta is approximately 54 years, with most bearers falling between 43 and 58 years old.

Not especially. Coretta has been declining since its 1968 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

2,433

Coretta fell hard after 1968. Within five years it had dropped 84% from its peak — one of the steepest post-peak collapses on record.

Coretta peaked in 1968, when 336 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 2,433 Americans named Coretta since 1909.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1968

Living profile

2,072

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age54

Core range43–58

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Wave

A name with sustained momentum rather than a single spike.