Corinne

What Corinne means

Means “girl, maiden, daughter”

From the French equivalent of Corinna, from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Corinne” (revision 87605875), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Corinne?

US: Falling: down from #732 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2705 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1926, when 689 girls got the name (#249 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 6,353 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IA (0.51 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.5 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Corinne is #999 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Corinne were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Corrine38 US
• Korinne13 US
• Corin7 US
• Corynn6 US
• Corinn5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Corinne

Girls

• Melissa#419“bee, honey, or honeybee”^*
• Christina#770Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 16,600 babies; 352 in 2025
• Nicole#382Form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Catherine#313possibly “each of the two”^*
• Teresa#908Editor’s note Down from #664 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*

For a brother

• Phillip#651Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 6,047 babies; 425 in 2025
• Gregory#593“watchful, vigilant”^*
• Steven#271“crown, wreath”^*
• Stephen#383“crown, wreath”^*
• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Dennis#707“follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Corinne’s. Rank is US 2025.