Girls' name · peaked in 1926
Corinne name popularity since 1925
42,266 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Corinne. Half of them were born in 1977 or earlier, so the typical Corinne is about 49 years old in 2026. Corinne peaked in 1926 as the #249 name for girls, and it ranked #999 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 42,266
- Named Corinne, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1926
- #249 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #999
- for girls in 2025 (253 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 42,251 girls · 15 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.38× its national share
Peak year is the year Corinne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Corinne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1978. Measured as a share of all babies, Corinne peaked in 1926.
- Fastest rise: Between 1973 and 1978, Corinne became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 4,880 baby girls to 1 in 1,810.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 2,430 to 1 in 4,510.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Corinne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Corinne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Corinne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,000 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,233 | 0 | #372 |
| 1940s | 2,911 | 0 | #474 |
| 1950s | 5,185 | 0 | #373 |
| 1960s | 4,555 | 0 | #473 |
| 1970s | 4,141 | 5 | #604 |
| 1980s | 5,169 | 10 | #477 |
| 1990s | 5,205 | 0 | #523 |
| 2000s | 3,837 | 0 | #792 |
| 2010s | 3,545 | 0 | #732 |
| 2020–25 | 1,470 | 0 | #999 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
22.0% of babies named Corinne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Corinne is most popular
The index compares Corinne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Corinne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.38× | 2,135 |
| Connecticut | 2.11× | 863 |
| New Jersey | 1.95× | 2,022 |
| New York | 1.88× | 5,380 |
| Minnesota | 1.58× | 1,089 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Corinne and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Corinne (this page) | 42,251 | 1926 |
| Corrine | 17,384 | 1926 |
| Corine | 8,779 | 1910 |
| Corrinne | 1,702 | 1898 |
| Korinne | 1,328 | 1978 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Corinne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Corinne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Corinne (1926).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data