Corrine
A feminine name of Greek origin meaning "maiden" or "young girl".
Name Census estimates that about 11,100 living Americans carry the first name Corrine. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Corrine today is around 50 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Corrine births was 1926 (358 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Corrine. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Corrine with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
11K
~ 1 in 30,879 Americans
Peak year
1926
358 babies that year
Average age
50
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,387
Tracked since 1880
Census
Corrine in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 12,349 people with the first name Corrine, which placed it at #2,156 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#2,156
National first-name rank
People counted
12K
12,349 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
4.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
72.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Corrine
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corrine is White at 72.3%. The next largest groups are Black (11.9%) and Hispanic (9.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Corrine described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Corrine at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White72.3% · 8,931
- Black or African American11.9% · 1,469
- Hispanic or Latino9.0% · 1,112
- Two or more races3.3% · 410
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 245
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.5% · 182
Popularity
Corrine: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Corrine from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 2,894 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Corrine by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Corrine during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Corrines live
The SSA's state-level files cover 44 states and territories. California, New York, Pennsylvania recorded the most babies named Corrine, while Vermont, Nevada, Utah recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 325 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Corrine
The name Corrine is a French feminine form of the ancient Greek name Korinna. It is derived from the Greek word 'kore', meaning 'maiden' or 'young girl'. The name Korinna was first recorded in ancient Greek texts and is associated with a renowned lyric poet from ancient Boeotia, Greece, who lived around 600 BCE.
The name Corrine gained popularity during the Middle Ages in France, possibly due to the influence of the 9th century French saint, St. Corrine. It was a widely used name among French nobility and royalty during this period.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Corrine can be found in the writings of the 12th century French philosopher and theologian, Peter Abelard. He mentioned a woman named Corrine in his famous work, "Historia Calamitatum".
In the 16th century, the name Corrine was further popularized by the French Renaissance poet, Corrine d'Arles (1508-1565). She was a renowned figure in the literary circles of her time and her works often celebrated the beauty of women and nature.
Other notable historical figures with the name Corrine include Corrine Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933), the younger sister of former US President Theodore Roosevelt, and Corrine Brown (1946-), a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida.
In the world of literature, Corrine is the name of a character in the 1807 novel "Corinne, or Italy" by the French writer, Madame de Staël (1766-1817). This book played a significant role in shaping the Romantic movement in Europe and popularized the name Corrine across the continent.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Corrine
People
Corrine + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Corrine as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Corrine: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Corrine?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 11,100 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Corrine going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 30,879 US residents.
Is Corrine a common name?
We classify Corrine as "Uncommon". It ranks above 97.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 20,790 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Corrine most popular?
The single biggest year for Corrine was 1926, when 358 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Corrine is about 50 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Corrine in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 12,349 people with the name Corrine, or 4.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #2,156 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Corrine in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Corrine?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Corrine appears almost entirely female. Of the 12,349 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Corrine?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corrine is White at 72.3%. The next largest groups are Black (11.9%) and Hispanic (9.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Corrine most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Corrine in the 2020 Census, accounting for 72.3% (8,931 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Corrine in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Corrine a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Corrine in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Corrine still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Corrine in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Corrine can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Corrine?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.