How rare is the name Kora?

5,518 people in the United States have the first name Kora, about 1 in 54,736. It ranks #3,684 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KORA

#3,684

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,518
About
1 in 54,736
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,518 people named Kora, 74.9% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kora peaked in 2022, when 682 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
682
In 2025*
603 ▼12%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,541 babies have been given the name since 1942. 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.

Kora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #995. The largest share of babies named Kora, 75%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1960s#12,55718
1970s#11,44455
1980s#8,862121
1990s#4,806419
2000s#3,1041,106
2010s#1,3214,092
2020s#9953,725
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1220.6%
2013 and later75%

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 Kora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kora has been most common in North Dakota (2.4×), Nevada (2.3×), and Idaho (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.37×).

7,770 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.

Either side of Kora

#3,681 Vishal · 5,523#3,683 Suzy · 5,519#3,685 Eduard · 5,516#3,686 Weldon · 5,515

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,047 Kory · 13,277#2,136 Kori · 12,496#17,700 Korah · 618#29,690 Koray · 297#31,941 Korea · 266#32,182 Kore · 263#38,650 Kor · 198

Also a last name

As a last name, Kora ranks #71,896 of 156,621, with 292 people. See Kora as a last name

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