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Corin

#12,183 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Quirinus

Corin has been given to 2,692 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #12,183 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1981, with 69 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Corin, 2025

1 in 474,000

Corin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Corin over time

In 2025, Corin went to 39% girls and 61% boys.

19552025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Corin: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Quirinus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Corin means

Corin is a form of Quirinus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Quirinus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,696 girls were recorded with the name Corin between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 69 in 1981; its best national rank was #1,584 in 1978.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,303 in 2015 to #12,183 in 2025.

In the United States, 996 boys were recorded with the name Corin between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,331 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,618 in 2020 to #7,286 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,316 in 2015 to #7,286 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Corin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,183
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Corin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Corin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Corins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Corin was born before 1991 — so the typical Corin is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,696
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Choose a decade

1990s — 29.2% of all recorded uses (495).

Is Corin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,880
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.1%
Peak was 1981 (69)
Years since peak
44
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,584
1978

Spellings of Corin

Corin is not the most common spelling — Doris is, with 22.5% against Corin's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Corin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Corin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 215,566 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Minnesota1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Corin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Corin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Corin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,202,101 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —
  4. 4Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Corin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Corin around the world

Where Corin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #3,985
    in 2018
  • Scotland
    1994–2011
    #674
    in 2011
  • Canada
    1991–1991
    #2,397
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    1966–1999
    #729
    in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Corin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,183
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,584
1978
Peak year
1981
69 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,696
Count in 2025
7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,286
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 332
Best rank ever
#2,331
1969
Peak year
2006
36 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
996
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Corin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Corin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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