How rare is the name Kori?

12,496 people in the United States have the first name Kori, about 1 in 24,170. It ranks #2,136 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KORI

#2,136

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,496
About
1 in 24,170
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,496 people named Kori, 62% reported their origin as White, 25.3% as Black and 5.6% as two or more races. 90.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kori peaked in 2016, when 503 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
503
In 2025*
287 ▼43%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,387 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Kori by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,251. The largest share of babies named Kori, 31.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#7,08469
1960s#2,521529
1970s#1,3131,990
1980s#1,2982,381
1990s#1,2513,250
2000s#1,8922,256
2010s#1,4383,660
2020s#1,4452,252
Baby boom 1946–641.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.3%
Millennials 1981–9627.7%
Generation Z 1997–1223.8%
2013 and later31.5%

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 Kori is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kori has been most common in Maryland (2.8×), Louisiana (2×), and Georgia (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).

11,586 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 Kori

#2,134 Abdullah · 12,512#2,135 Jerri · 12,510#2,137 Zoila · 12,487#2,138 Destinee · 12,483

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,047 Kory · 13,277#3,684 Kora · 5,518#6,788 Korie · 2,322#17,879 Korri · 609#32,182 Kore · 263#38,650 Kor · 198#45,337 Kouri · 150

Also a last name

As a last name, Kori ranks #77,203 of 156,621, with 268 people. See Kori as a last name

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