Kori
#978 for girls in 2025, 260 births · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to girls 90.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 475 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,822since 1953
Kori over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #978 | 260 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #894 | 299 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #810 | 345 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #745 | 388 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #676 | 433 | #2,972 | 41 |
| 2020 | #778 | 350 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #744 | 380 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #734 | 383 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #685 | 426 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #631 | 475 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #645 | 444 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #813 | 340 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #941 | 268 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #1,092 | 226 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #1,036 | 240 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #1,136 | 215 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #1,146 | 221 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #1,160 | 221 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #1,115 | 232 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #1,184 | 205 | #3,451 | 30 |
| 2005 | #1,164 | 198 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #1,252 | 173 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #1,195 | 179 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #1,205 | 168 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #1,147 | 182 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #970 | 218 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #910 | 232 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #754 | 286 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #755 | 281 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #720 | 291 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #702 | 299 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #638 | 342 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #675 | 323 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #666 | 333 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #749 | 277 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #793 | 254 | #1,870 | 41 |
| 1989 | #699 | 284 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | #802 | 230 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #786 | 225 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #734 | 242 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #805 | 205 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #935 | 157 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #914 | 164 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #835 | 187 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #825 | 191 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #881 | 174 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #747 | 217 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #687 | 231 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #645 | 255 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #766 | 187 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #804 | 171 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #701 | 209 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #736 | 190 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #979 | 123 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #1,084 | 111 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #1,168 | 99 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 110 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#300 · 1 in 1,457
- Kentucky#388 · 1 in 2,549
- Oklahoma#412 · 1 in 2,113
- Maryland#454 · 1 in 2,660
- Alabama#480 · 1 in 2,978
Best ever in a state: #98 in Delaware, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #300 | 15 | 1 in 1,457 |
| Kentucky | #388 | 8 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Oklahoma | #412 | 8 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Maryland | #454 | 9 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Alabama | #480 | 7 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Arizona | #495 | 11 | 1 in 2,656 |
| Minnesota | #529 | 7 | 1 in 3,610 |
| Missouri | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,711 |
| Tennessee | #567 | 8 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Georgia | #598 | 11 | 1 in 4,049 |
| Indiana | #612 | 8 | 1 in 4,135 |
| Colorado | #653 | 6 | 1 in 3,710 |
| Illinois | #658 | 16 | 1 in 4,401 |
| Virginia | #670 | 7 | 1 in 4,844 |
| Ohio | #688 | 11 | 1 in 5,602 |
| North Carolina | #732 | 8 | 1 in 5,261 |
| Pennsylvania | #781 | 9 | 1 in 6,478 |
| Washington | #857 | 5 | 1 in 5,846 |
| Florida | #888 | 11 | 1 in 6,753 |
| Texas | #888 | 22 | 1 in 6,520 |
| Michigan | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 8,586 |
| California | #1,224 | 20 | 1 in 11,051 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2016 at #631 (475 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1972–2000
- 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%)
- 22.9% of all girls named Kori (3,397) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 69 | #2,376 (1958) | #3,852 |
| 1960s | 514 | #1,042 (1969) | #1,673 |
| 1970s | 1,793 | #645 (1977) | #832 |
| 1980s | 2,059 | #699 (1989) | #822 |
| 1990s | 2,918 | #638 (1994) | #736 |
| 2000s | 1,997 | #970 (2000) | #1,154 |
| 2010s | 3,397 | #631 (2016) | #846 |
| 2020s | 2,075 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 6,178 of them was named Kori, which outranked 95.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #751Yolanda288
- #752Devyn287
- #752Marley287
- #754Kori286
- #754Dallas286
- #756Antoinette285
- #757Alessandra284
- #757Daphne284
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 59,730 of them was named Kori, which outranked 77.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,552Tyvon33
- #2,552Zahir33
- #2,552Zakkary33
- #2,599Kori32
- #2,599Aarron32
- #2,599Ajani32
- #2,599Arlen32
- #2,651Ahmir31
- #2,651Amadou31
- #2,651Armondo31
Tied with 51 names at #2,599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.