Boy or Girl

Is Coraline a boy or girl name?

Coraline is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 390 girls and 0 boys were named Coraline, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 6,370 US babies named Coraline were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#720
Babies named Coraline since 1970
6,370
Most popular year
2015
527 babies
Babies named Coraline each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Coraline from 1970 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0150300450600198020002020

Boys and girls named Coraline, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1970s06100%
1980s00–
1990s00–
2000s0143100%
2010s04,166100%
2020s02,055100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–390#720
20230–391#719
20220–430#678
20210–396#722
20200–448#646
20190–481#624
20180–512#595
20170–512#586
20160–502#600
20150–527#579
20140–453#631
20130–389#713
20120–326#826
20110–225#1,092
20100–239#1,044
20090–120#1,796
20080–11#10,238
20070–5#18,246
20060–7#13,913
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19700–6#7,222

Highest rank

Coraline has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #579 in 2015. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Coraline

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.