Kori Girl
How popular is Kori?
#978 girl name in 2025
260 baby girls were named Kori in the US in 2025, making it the 978th most popular girl name. Another 27 boys got the name (#3,948 for boys).
Kori popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #978 for girls (▼ 84 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 260 girls, 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #645 in 2015, #778 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (475 girls) |
| Highest rank | #631 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 7% boys, 93% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kori counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kori family of names ranked #595 for girls in 2025 (#559 the year before), with 470 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kori | 260 | 55% |
| Cori | 100 | 21% |
| Korie | 35 | 7% |
| Corrie | 33 | 7% |
| Corie | 22 | 5% |
| Korri | 5 | 1% |
| Koree | 5 | 1% |
| Korrie | 5 | 1% |
| Qori | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kori is most popular
Babies named Kori per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 1.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.6 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Kori by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 69 | #2,375 |
| 1960s | 514 | #1,042 |
| 1970s | 1,793 | #645 |
| 1980s | 2,059 | #698 |
| 1990s | 2,918 | #638 |
| 2000s | 1,997 | #969 |
| 2010s | 3,397 | #631 |
| 2020s | 2,075 | #676 |
Girl names about as popular as Kori
Questions
- Is Kori a boy or girl name?
- Kori is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Kori were girls.
- How popular is the name Kori?
- 260 baby girls were named Kori in the US in 2025, making it the 978th most popular girl name. Another 27 boys got the name (#3,948 for boys).
- When was Kori most popular?
- Kori peaked in 2016, when 475 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #631 in 2016.
- How many people are named Kori?
- 16,387 babies have been named Kori in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,037 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Kori most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kori was most common in Delaware, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.