Declining since 2014, #7,491 for girls today.
Popularity of Coralyn since 1916
Babies named Coralyn per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 38 |
| 1930s | 91 |
| 1940s | 68 |
| 1950s | 81 |
| 1960s | 40 |
| 1970s | 17 |
| 1980s | 26 |
| 1990s | 40 |
| 2000s | 108 |
| 2010s | 447 |
| 2020s | 156 |
Meaning & origin
Coralyn is a modern feminine name first recorded in the United States in 1916, but it remained extremely rare until the early 2000s. It reached its peak rank of 7,491 in 2013, aided by the general fashion for names ending in -lyn. Since 2014, its usage has been falling; in recent years it is given to roughly 1 in every 114,805 babies, placing it far outside the top 1,000. The name has no strong geographic concentration, as its top states are very dispersed. Coralyn is almost always chosen for girls, and it fits a pattern of invented names that blend a natural element (coral) with a melodic suffix, offering a distinctive alternative to more common -lyn names like Evelyn or Madelyn.
Coralyn is a 20th-century coinage combining the gemstone name Coral with the fashionable -lyn suffix (as in Evelyn or Madelyn). It first appeared in U.S. records in 1916 and gained modest popularity in the 2010s, peaking in 2013. The name reflects a broader trend of creating feminine names by attaching -lyn to existing words or names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Cora, Lyn, Cory
Sibling names for Coralyn
Names that share Coralyn's style, for a brother or sister.
