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Kori

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

Kori is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 978th for girls in the US (260 babies).

Where does Kori come from?

English: spelling of Corey, an English and Irish surname

More on Wiktionary.

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

In recent years, Kori has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 260 girls and 27 boys in the US.

How popular is Kori in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kori in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2022, 42% of the babies named Kori in the UK were girls.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20052024
Kori in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20244#4,346
20235#3,712
20227#2,922
20213#4,989
20207#2,819
20197#2,878
201810#2,234
20177#2,875
20165#3,655
20159#2,425
201410#2,207
201314#1,715
201210#2,230
201117#1,489
201013#1,805
200917#1,451
200823#1,171
200713#1,667
200615#1,423
200523#1,033
200413#1,417
200313#1,328
20027#1,900
20018#1,690
20005#2,237
19998#1,582
19989#1,446
19978#1,532
19967#1,652

How popular is Kori in the US?

Rank in 2025
#978among girls
Babies in 2025
260about 1 in 6,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 260 girls in the US were named Kori, making it the 978th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 475 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953. 27 boys were also named Kori in 2025 (3,948th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kori than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Kori in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 544 girls in the US were given Kori or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #551, up from #978 for this spelling alone.

1953Busiest: 475 in 20162025
Kori in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025260#978
2024299#894
2023345#810
2022388#745
2021433#676
2020350#778
2019380#744
2018383#734
2017426#685
2016475#631
2015444#645
2014340#813
2013268#941
2012226#1,092
2011240#1,036
2010215#1,136
2009221#1,146
2008221#1,160
2007232#1,115
2006205#1,184
2005198#1,164
2004173#1,251
2003179#1,194
2002168#1,204
2001182#1,146
2000218#969
1999232#908
1998286#754
1997281#755
1996291#720
1995299#701
1994342#638
1993323#675
1992333#666
1991277#749
1990254#792
1989284#698
1988230#802
1987225#786
1986242#734
1985205#805
1984157#935
1983164#914
1982187#835
1981191#825
1980174#881
1979217#747
1978231#687
1977255#645
1976187#766
1975171#804
1974209#701
1973190#736
1972123#979
1971111#1,084
197099#1,168
1969110#1,042
196871#1,311
196742#1,783
196640#1,796
196541#1,768
196441#1,835
196343#1,753
196252#1,557
196147#1,639
196027#2,245
195923#2,394
195823#2,375
195712#3,488
19566#5,324
19550–
19540–
19535#5,672

Names like Kori

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

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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, “Kori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kori, updated 20 October 2026.