Corinthian
Masculine · “Of Corinth”
Corinthian is given to both — 807 boys and 202 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Corinthian has meant two opposite things. In the seventeenth century a Corinthian was a debauchee, because Corinth had a byword reputation in antiquity; by the nineteenth it meant a wealthy gentleman amateur, particularly in sport — the word reversed its moral value in two hundred years.
How old is the name Corinthian?
Corinthian first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Corinthian alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 800 people named Corinthian are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Corinthian most popular?
Corinthian peaked in 1974, reaching #2549 nationally. Today it ranks #7679, 5,130 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Korinthos to Corinthian
The story of Corinthian
Ancient Corinth was a rich trading city and the Greek phrase not every man can afford to go to Corinth reflected both its expense and its reputation. English took the adjective in the seventeenth century for a dissolute young man about town — Shakespeare uses it in that sense — and it kept the meaning through the Regency. Then the sporting sense took over: a Corinthian was an amateur of independent means who played for love rather than money, and the Corinthian Football Club, founded in 1882, embodied the ideal so completely that the word now carries only that. Same city, opposite implication. The American given name peaks in 1974.
Meaning
"Of Corinth", a Greek city
From Corinth, the city on the isthmus linking the Peloponnese to mainland Greece, whose own name is pre-Greek and of unrecovered meaning. The Corinthian order is the most ornate of the three classical column orders. Paul's two letters to the Corinthians are among the longest in the New Testament. The word's English senses derive from the city's ancient reputation for wealth and license.
How the name formed
- Korinthos
- Corinthian
Related forms: Κορίνθιος · Corintio
Pronouncing Corinthian
kuh-RIN-thee-un
Four syllables, stress on the second, with the th of thin. The city itself is KOR-inth with front stress, so the adjective moves the weight.
Nicknames for Corinthian
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1958
- Most boys named
- 200127 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2549reached in 1974
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%10 in 2025, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Corinthian in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Κορίνθιος in Greek — related form
- Corintio in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Corinthians among us
people named Corinthian are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 170,808 born in 2025 was named Corinthian
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Corinthian's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sion climbed just as high around 1912, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sion's path sketches the road Corinthian is walking now.
Corinthian sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Corinthian beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Corinthian in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It carries a specific city with a long documented history.
- Corin and Cor work as short forms.
- It is unmistakable and unlikely to be shared.
- Four syllables is long for American everyday use.
- The word has carried opposite meanings in English.
- It reads as an adjective rather than a name.
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Masculine · #7679 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Corinthians are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Corinthian are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Corinthian in 2025?
- Corinthian ranks #7679 among US boy names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Corinthian?
- About 1 in every 170,808 US boys born in 2025 was named Corinthian — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Corinthian with classmates?
- Corinthian will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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