unisex name

Corin

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,274

Northern Ireland

#404

2019 births

Corin is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 55% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 87 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 184,196 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1955.

Corin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Corin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 11
1960s 93
1970s 338
1980s 535
1990s 692
2000s 567
2010s 369
2020s (to 2025) 87

How popular is Corin?

In 2025, Corin was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Corin is used

Northern Ireland #404 4 in 2019
Scotland #834 3 in 2022
Ireland #866 3 in 2012
Canada #2,289 7 in 2009
England & Wales #4,112 5 in 2025
France #4,766 5 in 2004
United States #7,519 18 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Corin

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Corin also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Corin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Corin

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Corin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Corin

How popular is the name Corin?

In 2025, Corin was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Corin a girl's or a boy's name?

Corin is used for both girls and boys. About 55% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Corin most popular?

Corin peaked in 1993, when 87 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Corin a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Corin currently ranks #4,112 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.