Given name & surname
Corazon
“of the heart”
Corazon is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “of the heart.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “of the heart.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corazon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 314
- 0 boys · 314 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,979 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,979 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,932 as a first name in 2020; 129 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Corazon’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Corazon has a diminutive in Cory. Corazon has a related form in Corazana. In Filipino usage, Corazon has a diminutive in Cora.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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