girls:
1.5k births since 1950
#4226 (26th percentile)
boys:
246 births since 1976
#4340 (5th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1950
#5986 (23rd percentile)
The name Koren is the #5,986 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,765 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,226 (26.0% percentile) for all time with 1,519 births since 1950. For boys, it ranks #4,340 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 246 births since 1976.
Koren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (1950 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Koren is available in 70 out of the 74 years between 1950 and 2023 (61 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Koren has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Koren were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for girls (95.3% girls from 1950 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.0% boys from 2004 to 2023).
For girls, Koren reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 11.4% percentile (ranked #670) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 55 births per million (ranked 11.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Koren reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #831) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Koren ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 27.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koren".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Koren. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.8% confident that Koren is pronounced as KAW-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAW-rehn, at 19.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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