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

Quick answers about Coretta

How many people are named Coretta?

An estimated 1,949 living Americans are named Coretta.

How rare is Coretta?

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

How old is the typical Coretta?

The median age of a living American named Coretta is approximately 53 years, with most bearers falling between 42 and 58 years old.

Is Coretta still popular?

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

Where is Coretta most common?

Coretta has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appears 4.0× more often than the national baseline.

1909Peak 19682025

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.

Geographic heartland

Georgia

4.0× higher affinity than the national baseline.

Georgia · 1970s 4.0×

Georgia · 1960s 3.6×