Corrin
Feminine · “maiden”
Corrin is given to both — 1,980 girls and 152 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Corrin and Corinn are mirror images. One doubles the r and one doubles the n; both have six letters and two syllables and mean the same thing, and the American record treats them as separate names because that is how the filing works. Five arrangements of these letters are in circulation, which is what happens to a name that spread by hearing.
How old is the name Corrin?
Corrin first appears in US birth records in 1950 — 75 years ago. The typical Corrin alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 1,900 people named Corrin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Corrin most popular?
Corrin peaked in 1978, reaching #1598 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 13,344 places below that high. See the whole 1978 chart.
Where it comes from
From korē to Corrin
The story of Corrin
The name reached English through Latin poetry and then through a French novel of 1807 that was read across Europe. American naming took it up in the twentieth century and immediately produced a spread of spellings, none of which became standard — the record shows Corin, Corinn, Corrin, Coryn and Corynn all present at once, with no clear leader. They rise and fall together, which confirms that they are one name being written by different families rather than several names. Corrin appears from 1950 and peaked in 1978.
Meaning
maiden
From the Greek korē, a girl or maiden, by way of Korinna and the French Corinne. What the doubled r does is English rather than Greek: a doubled consonant after a vowel keeps that vowel short, so Corrin invites a shorter first syllable than Corin does.
How the name formed
- korē
- Korinna
- Corinne
- Corrin
Related forms: Corinne · Korinna
Pronouncing Corrin
KOR-in
Two syllables, stress on the first, with a short first vowel that the doubled r protects. Corinn, with the doubling at the other end, tends to pull the stress backward instead — which is the only real difference between the two.
Nicknames for Corrin
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
- 1950
- Most girls named
- 200079 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1598reached in 1978
- Change vs 2021
- 0.0%5 in 2025, from 5
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.
Corrin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Corinne in French — related form
- Korinna in Greek — related form
Corrins among us
people named Corrin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Corrin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Corrin
- #14942
- Corrin on the 2025 chart
- #900
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Corrin went to 5 girls in 2025, but Koryn, Corin and Corryn and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 9 spellings went to 60, which makes it the 900th most-given girls’ name of the year — 14,042 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 26,788 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 321,453 for Corrin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Midori test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Corrin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Midori climbed just as high around 1923, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Midori's path sketches the road Corrin is walking now.
Corrin 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
Corrin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Corrin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The doubled r fixes the first vowel, which the single-consonant spellings leave open.
- Cori works for a child of either sex and needs no explanation.
- It is recorded for boys as well as girls, though nearly all are girls.
- Six letters, two syllables, and readable on sight.
- Five spellings of this name are in circulation and none is standard, so the letters have to be given every time.
- Corinne and Corinna are both commoner and will be substituted.
- It belongs to a mid-century American generation and carries that flavor.
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Frequently asked
- How many Corrins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Corrin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Corrin?
- Corrin is one of 8 recorded spellings. Koryn is the more common one — 13 births in 2025 against 5 for Corrin.
- How popular is the name Corrin in 2025?
- Corrin ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Corrin?
- About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Corrin — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Corrin with classmates?
- Corrin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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