NameTides

Kori

Kori was the #978 girls' name in the US in 2025 (260 babies).

Kori as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kori as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Kori as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#978 (260)—————
2024#894 (299)————#3,383 (5)
2023#810 (345)————#2,604 (7)
2022#745 (388)#4,646 (4)———#3,228 (5)
2021#676 (433)#4,634 (4)————
2020#778 (350)#5,493 (3)———#1,758 (12)
2019#744 (380)————#2,188 (9)
2018#734 (383)————#3,286 (5)
2017#685 (426)#5,765 (3)———#1,784 (12)
2016#631 (475)————#3,294 (5)
2015#645 (444)#4,736 (4)———#2,179 (9)
2014#813 (340)————#1,229 (20)
2013#941 (268)#5,742 (3)———#1,512 (15)
2012#1,092 (226)————#1,531 (15)
2011#1,036 (240)————#2,618 (7)

Kori as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Kori as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Kori as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#3,949 (27)————
2024#4,072 (26)—#619 (4)——
2023#3,883 (28)#4,992 (3)———
2022#3,995 (27)#3,450 (5)———
2021#2,972 (41)#4,789 (3)———
2020#3,734 (28)#2,682 (7)———
2019#3,259 (35)#3,013 (6)———
2018#4,094 (25)#2,112 (10)———
2017#3,440 (32)#3,040 (6)———
2016#3,776 (28)#4,023 (4)———
2015#3,982 (26)#3,004 (6)#686 (3)——
2014#3,693 (28)#2,459 (8)———
2013#4,981 (18)#1,920 (11)#687 (3)——
2012#3,894 (26)#2,721 (7)#669 (3)——
2011#4,221 (23)#1,788 (12)—#375 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #631.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.
  • In 2025, 91% of US babies named Kori were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kori is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kori by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #959FL
Kori (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KoriCanadaGirls—too few
KoriCanadaBoys—too few
KoriEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KoriEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KoriIrelandGirls—too few
KoriNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KoriNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KoriScotlandGirls—too few
KoriScotlandBoys—too few
KoriUSGirls#978260
KoriUSBoys#3,94927