Kora
Girl · KOR-a · Greek
Kora is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “maiden”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 490th for girls in the US (603 babies).
What does Kora mean?
Greek: spelling of Cora, from Greek Kore
“maiden”
Kore, meaning maiden, was a title of Persephone in Greek myth; Cora Munro is a heroine of The Last of the Mohicans.
- Say it
- KOR-a
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Is Kora a girl's or a boy's name?
Kora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 603 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Kora, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 501 girls in the UK were given Kora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Kora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Kora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #490among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 603about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 603 girls in the US were named Kora, making it the 490th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 488th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 682 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Kora in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,241 girls in the US were given Kora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #490 for this spelling alone.
Kora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 603 | #490 |
| 2024 | 625 | #489 |
| 2023 | 571 | #532 |
| 2022 | 682 | #465 |
| 2021 | 620 | #504 |
| 2020 | 624 | #488 |
| 2019 | 662 | #472 |
| 2018 | 599 | #522 |
| 2017 | 506 | #592 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 |
| 2015 | 462 | #622 |
| 2014 | 409 | #692 |
| 2013 | 356 | #765 |
| 2012 | 261 | #972 |
| 2011 | 226 | #1,086 |
| 2010 | 178 | #1,317 |
| 2009 | 152 | #1,502 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,732 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 122 | #1,709 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,910 |
| 2004 | 91 | #2,018 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 100 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
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