girl's name

Corinna

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,589

Ireland

#468

1987 births

Corinna is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 225 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 97,513 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1881.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Corinna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,694
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Corinna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 10
1890s 21
1900s 14
1910s 98
1920s 92
1930s 78
1940s 91
1950s 136
1960s 1,459
1970s 1,694
1980s 1,155
1990s 1,121
2000s 552
2010s 373
2020s (to 2025) 216

How popular is Corinna?

In 2025, Corinna was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Corinna is used

Ireland #468 4 in 1987
Scotland #736 3 in 1997
Canada #3,851 5 in 2017
United States #4,221 34 in 2025
France #5,772 5 in 2006
England & Wales #6,939 3 in 2015

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 Corinna

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

Parents who like Corinna also like

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

Sibling names for Corinna

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

Common questions about Corinna

How popular is the name Corinna?

In 2025, Corinna was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Corinna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Corinna?

Corinna has 3 syllables.

When was Corinna most popular?

Corinna peaked in 1970, when 225 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Corinna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Corinna currently ranks #4,221 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.