How rare is the name Cori?

11,717 people in the United States have the first name Cori, about 1 in 25,777. It ranks #2,231 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CORI

#2,231

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,717
About
1 in 25,777
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,717 people named Cori, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 12.8% as Black and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cori peaked in 1977, when 435 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
435
In 2025*
106 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,431 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cori by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,026. The largest share of babies named Cori, 38.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#3,712224
1960s#1,886919
1970s#1,0262,998
1980s#1,0713,297
1990s#1,3452,876
2000s#2,8381,252
2010s#3,2701,132
2020s#3,119728
Baby boom 1946–644.8%
Generation X 1965–8028.6%
Millennials 1981–9638.6%
Generation Z 1997–1216.3%
2013 and later11.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cori is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cori has been most common in Utah (2.8×), Colorado (1.8×), and Washington (1.7×), and least common in Alabama (0.37×).

8,598 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Cori

1 other first name also has 11,717 people.

#2,231 Reggie · 11,717

Either side of Cori

#2,229 Gay · 11,736#2,230 Dani · 11,724#2,231 Reggie · 11,717#2,233 Zenaida · 11,715

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cori, most common first.

#496 Cory · 113,340#809 Cora · 58,912#4,567 Corie · 4,029#15,071 Corri · 770#40,711 Core · 182#45,183 Cor · 151

Also a last name

As a last name, Cori ranks #104,723 of 156,621, with 182 people. See Cori as a last name

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