Korah
Girl · KOR-a · Greek
Korah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “maiden”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Korah mean?
Greek: spelling of Cora; also a biblical man's name
“maiden”
In the Bible Korah is the Levite who led a revolt against Moses; as a girls' name it is a spelling of Cora.
- Say it
- KOR-a
Is Korah a girl's or a boy's name?
Korah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Korah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Korah, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Korah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,241 girls in the US were given Korah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Korah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Korah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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