Cori

Meaning: Troop, army
Origin: Variant of Corey (from Old Norse/Irish (disputed))

Meaning: Hollow
Origin: Variant of Corey (from Gaelic (disputed))

Girl's name · #1932 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Cori holds its lane: charted since 1947 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1932 in 2025). About 12,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,926 in Ecuador (2025).

Famous Coris

Cori Bush — American politician, nurse, and activist (born 1976)
Cori Morris — Canadian curler
Cori Schumacher — American surfer
Cori Yarckin — American actor-singer
Cori Dyke — American soccer player

What Coris become

Among 36 notable people named Cori:

Sports figures appear 3.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cori Schumacher, American surfer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kori (#978), Cori would rank around #754 with about 360 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Kori and Cori.

Similar names: Kori · Bobbi · Korra · Jori · Annmarie · Bree

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