Korah

Peak · girls
2018 · 49 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
797
since 1977

Korah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Korah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,245, 2018girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,09925
2024#5,79921
2023#4,11435
2022#4,37832
2021#4,71928
2020#3,73539
2019#3,66541
2018#3,24549
2017#3,38746
2016#3,92338
2015#3,53344
2014#3,84839
2013#5,83422
2012#4,38733
2011#6,33520
2010#5,24726
2009#6,31721
2008#6,35021
2007#7,39417
2006#6,84018
2005#5,26624
2004#10,6909
2003#7,58014
2002#7,81613
2001#6,61916
2000#5,49120
1999#6,19116
1998#9,2609
1997#9,0179
1996#9,5818
1995#11,7836
1994#9,5868
1993#7,49811
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Korah! It came in at #8,444, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Korah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Korah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 700 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #5,099)
  • 1,364 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #5,099)
  • 1,566 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #5,099)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2018 at #3,245 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,716
  • Highest: 1 in 34,716 girls born in 2018 were named Korah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.9% of all girls named Korah (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,444 (1977)#8,444
1980s7#8,178 (1980)#8,178
1990s73#6,191 (1999)#9,291
2000s173#5,266 (2005)#7,036
2010s358#3,245 (2018)#4,340
2020s180#3,735 (2020)#4,641

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.

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Korah: Baby Name Popularity Since 1880 · Name Pop