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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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
1968#1,31171
1967#1,78342
1966#1,79640
1965#1,76841
1964#1,83641#4,0395
1963#1,75443
1962#1,55852#4,0335
1961#1,64047
1960#2,24627
1959#2,39523
1958#2,37623
1957#3,48912
1956#5,3256
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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 2020

  • 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: #940 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,855 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMNIllinois: #800 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,063 girlsILWisconsin: #634 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,968 girlsWIMichigan: #962 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,407 girlsMINew York: #801 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,189 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #822 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,002 girlsINOhio: #755 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,992 girlsOHPennsylvania: #563 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,545 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,160 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,968 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,625 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 12,444 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNEMissouri: #672 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,060 girlsMOKentucky: #570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,414 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedWVVirginia: #363 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,552 girlsVAMaryland: #311 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,240 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedKSArkansas: #567 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,066 girlsARTennessee: #971 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,061 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #584 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,727 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #595 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,472 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #311 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsLAMississippi: #361 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,268 girlsMSAlabama: #399 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,559 girlsALGeorgia: #422 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,780 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedHITexas: #822 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 4,370 girlsTXFlorida: #954 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,364 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#311 · 1 in 1,156
  2. Maryland#311 · 1 in 1,240
  3. Mississippi#361 · 1 in 1,268
  4. Virginia#363 · 1 in 1,552
  5. Alabama#399 · 1 in 1,559

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#311161 in 1,156
Maryland#311181 in 1,240
Mississippi#36181 in 1,268
Virginia#363221 in 1,552
Alabama#399121 in 1,559
Georgia#422251 in 1,780
Pennsylvania#563191 in 2,545
Arkansas#56751 in 2,066
Kentucky#57071 in 2,414
North Carolina#584161 in 2,727
South Carolina#59571 in 2,472
Wisconsin#63471 in 2,968
Missouri#67281 in 3,060
Ohio#755121 in 3,992
Illinois#800121 in 4,063
New York#801191 in 4,189
Indiana#82271 in 4,002
Texas#822351 in 4,370
Washington#94061 in 4,855
Florida#954151 in 5,364
Michigan#96271 in 5,407
Tennessee#97161 in 5,061
New Jersey#1,16051 in 6,968
California#1,625141 in 12,444
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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 2020

girls
#778
350 births · 1 in 4,619 girls
boys
#3,734
28 births · 1 in 61,646 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #778Kori350

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #3,734Kori28
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 4,619 of them was named Kori, which outranked 95.6% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #772Sylvie352
  2. #776Jazmine351
  3. #776Pearl351
  4. #778Kori350
  5. #778Alaiya350
  6. #780Baylee349
  7. #781Rivka348
  8. #782Brylee347

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 1,492Avayah#2,428#936
  2. 950Denisse#1,802#852
  3. 818Jianna#1,668#850
  4. 609Capri#1,291#682
  5. 550Rosalia#1,287#737
Fallers
  1. 393Yaritza#813#1,206
  2. 271Seraphina#1,000#1,271
  3. 207Marissa#874#1,081
  4. 203Annabella#644#847
  5. 195Jayde#832#1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 61,646 of them was named Kori, which outranked 73.4% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #3,653Zedekiah29
  2. #3,653Zenith29
  3. #3,653Ziare29
  4. #3,734Kori28
  5. #3,734Abhay28
  6. #3,734Advith28
  7. #3,734Amor28
  8. #3,811Adyan27
  9. #3,811Affan27
  10. #3,811Aleczander27

Tied with 76 names at #3,734; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 587Zyair#1,548#961
  2. 567Jaxtyn#1,152#585
  3. 539Jakobe#1,372#833
  4. 473Kylo#922#449
  5. 461Ander#1,085#624
Fallers
  1. 380Vivaan#875#1,255
  2. 282Alexzander#890#1,172
  3. 268Reyansh#806#1,074
  4. 266Javion#949#1,215
  5. 224Kenny#862#1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020