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Cori

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
KOR-ee
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#1,927 for girls

Cori is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).

Where does Cori come from?

English: spelling of Cory, itself a spelling of Corey, a surname perhaps from the Old Norse name Kori

Meaning borrowed from Cory. More on Wiktionary.

Is Cori a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Cori has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 100 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Cori in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 boys.

Half of all the boys named Cori in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2010, 17% of the babies named Cori in the UK were girls.

1996Busiest: 20 in 19962020
Cori in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20201#6,143
20191#6,258
20180–
20171#6,312
20160–
20150–
20143#4,829
20135#3,466
20125#3,572
20118#2,503
201019#1,385
20094#3,909
200815#1,547
200713#1,667
200620#1,167
200519#1,180
200412#1,494
200316#1,163
200214#1,193
200111#1,369
200010#1,405
19999#1,451
199810#1,346
19978#1,532
199620#797

How popular is Cori in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,927among girls
Babies in 2025
100about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Cori, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,830th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 397 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947. 6 boys were also named Cori in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Cori than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Cori in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 544 girls in the US were given Cori or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #551, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.

1947Busiest: 397 in 19772025
Cori in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025100#1,927
2024114#1,771
2023111#1,813
2022112#1,818
2021134#1,562
2020107#1,830
2019122#1,708
2018128#1,650
2017122#1,738
2016119#1,743
2015116#1,793
201490#2,129
201371#2,508
201281#2,315
201190#2,124
201082#2,313
200983#2,337
2008106#1,977
2007102#2,003
200695#2,069
200592#2,029
2004118#1,642
2003116#1,651
2002103#1,748
2001122#1,522
2000165#1,201
1999171#1,141
1998206#980
1997194#999
1996228#869
1995273#745
1994302#693
1993289#730
1992311#695
1991269#765
1990298#704
1989329#637
1988259#720
1987322#604
1986314#612
1985313#606
1984288#618
1983268#639
1982265#669
1981295#612
1980315#585
1979333#555
1978337#535
1977397#482
1976303#557
1975298#562
1974262#601
1973236#638
1972201#712
1971205#733
1970182#779
1969146#861
1968128#913
196785#1,147
196664#1,368
196571#1,274
196479#1,240
196383#1,201
1962107#1,043
196179#1,242
196063#1,384
195951#1,515
195854#1,447
195740#1,704
195618#2,724
195515#2,970
195414#3,018
195310#3,686
19528#4,122
19516#4,832
19508#3,960
19490–
19480–
19475#5,293

Names like Cori

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Cori

Names related to Cori

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Cori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cori, updated 20 October 2026.