Korah Girl
How popular is Korah?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Korah in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
791living people named Korah (est.)
11median age of people named Korah
797babies named Korah since 1880
1 in 132,614US babies born in 2025
Korah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▲ 698 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #3,734 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (49 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,244 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Korah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cora family of names ranked #101 for girls in 2025 (#92 the year before), with 3,230 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cora | 2,428 | 75% |
| Kora | 603 | 19% |
| Korra | 153 | 5% |
| Korah | 25 | 1% |
| Corah | 14 | 0% |
| Corra | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Korah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 73 | #6,185 |
| 2000s | 173 | #5,261 |
| 2010s | 358 | #3,244 |
| 2020s | 180 | #3,734 |
Girl names about as popular as Korah
Questions
- Is Korah a boy or girl name?
- Korah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Korah were girls.
- How popular is the name Korah?
- 25 baby girls were named Korah in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Korah most popular?
- Korah peaked in 2018, when 49 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,244 in 2018.
- How many people are named Korah?
- 797 babies have been named Korah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 791 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.