Kori

#978 for girls in 2025, 260 births · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to girls 90.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2016 · 475 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,822
since 1953

Kori over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #631, 2016peak #1,452, 1989girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#978260#3,94927
2024#894299#4,07226
2023#810345#3,88328
2022#745388#3,99527
2021#676433#2,97241
2020#778350#3,73428
2019#744380#3,25935
2018#734383#4,09425
2017#685426#3,44032
2016#631475#3,77628
2015#645444#3,98226
2014#813340#3,69328
2013#941268#4,98118
2012#1,092226#3,89426
2011#1,036240#4,22123
2010#1,136215#4,36622
2009#1,146221#3,83127
2008#1,160221#4,71420
2007#1,115232#3,79327
2006#1,184205#3,45130
2005#1,164198#3,71025
2004#1,252173#3,53426
2003#1,195179#3,73223
2002#1,205168#3,09529
2001#1,147182#3,14328
2000#970218#3,42324
1999#910232#3,03127
1998#754286#2,59932
1997#755281#2,68029
1996#720291#3,40620
1995#702299#2,55629
1994#638342#2,25935
1993#675323#1,93342
1992#666333#2,36231
1991#749277#1,74446
1990#793254#1,87041
1989#699284#1,45257
1988#802230#1,79038
1987#786225#1,56345
1986#734242#1,79134
1985#805205#2,35722
1984#935157#2,23223
1983#914164#2,67617
1982#835187#1,92928
1981#825191#2,41820
1980#881174#1,56938
1979#747217#1,75332
1978#687231#2,01224
1977#645255#1,90426
1976#766187#2,50817
1975#804171#2,20520
1974#701209#2,05021
1973#736190#2,31117
1972#979123#3,3449
1971#1,084111#2,46415
1970#1,16899#2,29316
1969#1,042110#4,4045
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Kori! It came in at #5,673, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kori is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNHWashington: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,415 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #523 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsMNIllinois: #647 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,234 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedWIMichigan: #692 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,247 girlsMINew York: #1,113 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 11,096 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedORNevada: #283 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,380 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedIAIndiana: #667 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,863 girlsINOhio: #403 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,082 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,519 girlsPANew Jersey: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,593 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,230 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 12,497 girlsCAUtah: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,710 girlsUTColorado: #379 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,308 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedVAMaryland: #592 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,728 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedDEArizona: #658 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,377 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #669 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,838 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,493 girlsOKLouisiana: #709 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,076 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedALGeorgia: #835 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,111 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedHITexas: #829 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 6,879 girlsTXFlorida: #1,142 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,304 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#283 · 1 in 1,380
  2. Colorado#379 · 1 in 2,308
  3. Oklahoma#400 · 1 in 2,493
  4. Ohio#403 · 1 in 3,082
  5. Utah#460 · 1 in 2,710

Best ever in a state: #98 in Delaware, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#28351 in 1,380
Colorado#37991 in 2,308
Oklahoma#40071 in 2,493
Ohio#403231 in 3,082
Utah#46051 in 2,710
Minnesota#52361 in 4,655
Maryland#59261 in 4,728
Washington#61871 in 4,415
Illinois#647151 in 5,234
Arizona#65861 in 4,377
Indiana#66761 in 5,863
North Carolina#66971 in 5,838
Michigan#692101 in 6,247
Louisiana#70951 in 5,076
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
Texas#829201 in 6,879
Georgia#83561 in 7,111
New Jersey#96451 in 9,593
New York#1,113111 in 11,096
Florida#1,14271 in 11,304
Pennsylvania#1,18551 in 14,519
California#1,230211 in 12,497
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kori
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 84 spots since 2024 (#894 → #978)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#778 → #978)
  • 333 spots since 2015 (#645 → #978)
  • Biggest jump: 243 spots in 1973 (#979 → #736)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2001 (#970 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2016 at #631 (475 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1972–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,731
  • Highest: 1 in 3,731 girls born in 2016 were named Kori (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,182 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Kori (3,397) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s69#2,376 (1958)#3,852
1960s514#1,042 (1969)#1,673
1970s1,793#645 (1977)#832
1980s2,059#699 (1989)#822
1990s2,918#638 (1994)#736
2000s1,997#970 (2000)#1,154
2010s3,397#631 (2016)#846
2020s2,075#676 (2021)#814

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kori in 1990

girls
#793
254 births · 1 in 7,475 girls
boys
#1,870
41 births · 1 in 50,098 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #793Kori254

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,870Kori41
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 7,475 of them was named Kori, which outranked 94.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #789Joelle255
  2. #789Marquita255
  3. #789Noel255
  4. #793Kori254
  5. #793Jolene254
  6. #793Mai254
  7. #796Eboni252
  8. #796Makayla252
  9. #796Moriah252

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 50,098 of them was named Kori, which outranked 80.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #1,840Rony42
  2. #1,840Ryland42
  3. #1,840Zachory42
  4. #1,870Kori41
  5. #1,870Ambrose41
  6. #1,870Anselmo41
  7. #1,870Arin41
  8. #1,909Cy40
  9. #1,909Dakoda40
  10. #1,909Darrien40

Tied with 38 names at #1,870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →