Fun Facts About the Name Coralynn
- 856 babies named Coralynn: U.S. records list 856 babies given the name Coralynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Coralynn Mean?
Coralynn is an English compound given name built from two familiar elements: Cora (or Coral) and the ending -lynn. Cora traces to the Greek Korē (Κόρη), "maiden," which was a title of the goddess Persephone. Coral, the word for the sea organism used in jewelry, comes through Latin corallium from Greek korallion; a connection between korallion and korē is sometimes suggested but is not settled, so the "maiden" sense cannot be assumed for the Coral element. Lynn is usually traced to Welsh llyn, "lake," and entered English naming through the surname and later the given name. In compounds ending in -lynn, however, the suffix often serves only as a feminine name ending, as in Carolyn, Marilyn, and Rosalynn, without a fixed lexical sense. Taken literally, the parts would give "maiden" (or "coral") and "lake," but that combined reading is an interpretation of the elements rather than a recorded definition of Coralynn itself.
Coralynn Name History & Origins
The first element of Coralynn has two possible sources. Cora was used as an English given name by the nineteenth century and appears in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans (1826) as the name of Cora Munro, one of its well-known literary uses. Coral also appears as an English given name, generally treated as a nature name taken from the marine material. The two elements are distinct in origin even though they look alike.
The ending -lynn comes from the surname and given name Lynn, whose proposed sources include Welsh llyn, "lake." From the early twentieth century onward, -lyn and -lynn became productive endings in English-speaking countries, attached to a wide range of roots in names such as Carolyn, Marilyn, Evelyn, Gwendolyn, and Rosalynn. In those names the suffix functions mainly as a feminine marker, and Coralynn follows the same pattern of joining a root name to that ending. Spellings such as Coralyn and Coralyne circulate alongside it. The related form Coraline, a diminutive of Cora built with the -line ending, is a different construction, though its later familiarity from Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel Coraline may influence how the sound of Coralynn is perceived.
Coralynn should not be confused with Caroline, which comes from Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, and Germanic Karl, "free man"; the resemblance is only in spelling and sound.
How Popular is the Name Coralynn?
Coralynn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #2,568 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,089 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #4,202 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #3,852 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2022 | #3,612 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #3,351 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2020 | #2,786 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2019 | #2,568 | 68 | 0.0041% |
| 2018 | #3,016 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| 2017 | #2,937 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #2,602 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2015 | #3,006 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2014 | #3,668 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2013 | #4,445 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #4,234 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #5,243 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #5,460 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #6,619 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #8,210 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #9,134 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #13,914 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #9,598 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #13,065 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #9,834 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,925 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #10,296 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #9,315 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #11,721 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #8,516 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,525 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #6,117 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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