Girls' name · peaked in 2016
Kori name popularity since 1925
16,387 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kori (90.4% girls, 9.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1999 or earlier, so the typical Kori is about 27 years old in 2026. Kori peaked in 2016 as the #631 name for girls, and it ranked #978 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,387
- Named Kori, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #978
- for girls in 2025 (260 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 90.4% girls
- 14,822 girls · 1,565 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Kori made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kori births per year, 1925–2025
2016 was the biggest year for Kori both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Kori became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 15,300 baby girls to 1 in 7,020.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 6,190 to 1 in 10,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kori's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kori.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kori in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 69 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 514 | 15 | #1,783 |
| 1970s | 1,793 | 197 | #805 |
| 1980s | 2,059 | 322 | #805 |
| 1990s | 2,918 | 332 | #704 |
| 2000s | 1,997 | 259 | #1,166 |
| 2010s | 3,397 | 263 | #646 |
| 2020–25 | 2,075 | 177 | #978 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
31.5% of babies named Kori from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Kori is most popular
The index compares Kori's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kori.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.78× | 498 |
| Louisiana | 1.97× | 415 |
| Georgia | 1.77× | 573 |
| Virginia | 1.49× | 393 |
| Texas | 1.42× | 1,305 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kori and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kori (this page) | 14,822 | 2016 |
| Cori | 12,198 | 1977 |
| Korie | 2,496 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kori's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kori.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kori (2016).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data