Coral

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Coral: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Coral: Recorded since 1993, it reached #290 in 1996, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#290highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#290
1997	#350
1998	#335
1999	#349
2000	#557
2001	#642
2002	#643
2003	#781
2004	#701
2005	#668
2006	#622
2007	#919
2008	#957
2009	#916
2010	#930
2011	#1327
2012	#887
2013	#1253
2014	#1094
2015	#1204
2016	#1112
2017	#1330
2018	#1272
2019	#1316
2020	#1618
2021	#1402
2022	#1556
2023	#1371
2024	#1819

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2007: #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #919 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #290 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Coral appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,219 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1993.

Coral across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Coral's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#290 (1996)	#290 (1996)	#1819 (2024)	29 of 29	1,219 (1996–2024)	128 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1993)	#516 (1993)	#842 (2007)	2 of 15	6 (1993–2007)	3 (1993)

Coral by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Coral in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	419	4 of 10	105
2000sbusiest	407	10 of 10	41
2010s	295	10 of 10	30
2020s	98	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births fell by 43, from 92 to 49.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Coral appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #290 in England and Wales in 1996.

Coral's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1316	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#887	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#930	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#916	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#957	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#622	53	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#668	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#701	41	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#781	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#643	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#642	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#557	49	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#349	92	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#335	104	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#350	95	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#290	128	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1993 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #290, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 128 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cora · #33, 62y
Corah · #638, 16y
Coralie · #1222, 29y
Coraline · #2090, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Natalya · #291, 29y
Rehan · #289, 29y
Winston · #291, 32y
Ioan · #292, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brion · #290, 14y
Cairan · #290, 16y
Nolan · #290, 27y
Shawn · #290, 29y

Coral was ranked #290 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Coral and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Coral without appearing here.

Coral moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1556 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #2689.
Sinead Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1618 and #1556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1402 and #2499.
Kirsten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1253 and #1220 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1094 and #1882.
Shauna Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1327 and #1295 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #887 and #1525.

Moved ahead of Coral

Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1640 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #1036.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #1160.
Jane Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #1160.
Alma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #930 and #1040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1327 and #702.

Moved the opposite way to Coral

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Coral

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Coral went from #290 to #1819 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #290 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Coral

Coral at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Coral across 2 official records

Coral by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Coral appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Coral

Coral and the names beside it

Coral moved ahead of

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Coral at a glance

Coral across 2 official records

Coral by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Coral appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Coral

Coral and the names beside it

Coral moved ahead of

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