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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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 1975

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #455 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,831 girlsMNIllinois: #793 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,742 girlsILWisconsin: #350 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,050 girlsWIMichigan: #920 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,143 girlsMINew York: #1,147 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,726 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedRIOregon: #345 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,179 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #691 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,131 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #939 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,653 girlsCAUtah: #261 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsUTColorado: #420 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,630 girlsCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,892 girlsNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,236 girlsMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #342 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedHITexas: #1,206 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,674 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kori, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#261 · 1 in 1,372
  2. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 1,892
  3. Kansas#342 · 1 in 2,095
  4. Oregon#345 · 1 in 2,179
  5. Wisconsin#350 · 1 in 3,050

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#26191 in 1,372
Nebraska#30951 in 1,892
Kansas#34261 in 2,095
Oregon#34561 in 2,179
Wisconsin#35091 in 3,050
Missouri#41691 in 3,236
Colorado#42061 in 2,630
Minnesota#45551 in 4,831
Pennsylvania#69181 in 8,131
Illinois#79391 in 7,742
Michigan#92051 in 11,143
California#939161 in 8,653
New York#1,14781 in 12,726
Texas#1,20671 in 13,674
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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 1975

girls
#804
171 births · 1 in 8,526 girls
boys
#2,205
20 births · 1 in 78,068 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #804Kori171

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #2,205Kori20
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 8,526 of them was named Kori, which outranked 92.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #801Carri172
  2. #801Noel172
  3. #801Shannan172
  4. #804Kori171
  5. #804Griselda171
  6. #804Mellissa171
  7. #807Eunice170
  8. #807Tawanna170
  9. #809Aileen169

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

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 78,068 of them was named Kori, which outranked 65.2% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kori
  1. #2,134Uri21
  2. #2,134Vernard21
  3. #2,134Vivek21
  4. #2,205Kori20
  5. #2,205Aidan20
  6. #2,205Allison20
  7. #2,205Allyn20
  8. #2,288Alvino19
  9. #2,288Amber19
  10. #2,288Arcadio19

Tied with 82 names at #2,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →