girls:
14.3k births since 1953
#1288 (77th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1962
#3142 (31st percentile)
overall:
15.8k births since 1953
#2075 (73rd percentile)
The name Kori is the #2,075 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,770 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 73.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,288 (77.5% percentile) for all time with 14,259 births since 1953. For boys, it ranks #3,142 (31.4% percentile) for all time with 1,511 births since 1962.
Kori first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for girls and 1962 for boys). Birth data for Kori is available in 69 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023 (69 years for girls and 57 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 Kori has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.5% of babies named Kori were girls.
For girls, Kori reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 44.5% percentile (ranked #532) with 245 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 245 births per million (ranked 44.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kori ranks #624 for girls (34.1% percentile) with 197 births per million, which is 80.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kori reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #701) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 27 births per million (ranked 7.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kori ranks #888 for boys (2.5% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 56.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kori".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kori. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.1% confident that Kori is pronounced as KAW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOH-ree, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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