Korea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-REE-ah
- Origin
- Korean
Korea is a girls' name of Korean origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Korea mean?
Korean: name of the country, from the Goryeo dynasty
The country's English name comes from Goryeo, the Korean dynasty that ruled from 918 to 1392.
Is Korea a girl's or a boy's name?
Korea is a girls' name.
How popular is Korea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Korea in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Korea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Korea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Kennedy Mckenna Sienna Cassidy Kiana Brianna Teagan Kianna Fiona Kinley Kalea
Names related to Korea
More Korean names
Jae Nari Tae Ho Joon Yoona Nabi Yena Sarang Jimin Hyun Sua Dae Ki Mi Sang
Sources
Figures from 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, “Korea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/korea, updated 20 October 2026.