Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Coretta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Coretta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1968

Peak rank proxy

336

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1909Peak 19682024

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

All-time

2,433

Coretta once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1968, when 336 girls were named Coretta.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 2,433 Americans have been named Coretta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

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