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Girl's name · #491 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Kora first appeared in 1942, vanished from the records entirely for 21 years, and since returning in 1964 has climbed back to #491. About 9,500 girls have carried it in all.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#110 in New Zealand (2025) · #411 in Poland (2025) · #595 in Scotland (2025) · #1,388 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,605 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,092 in Canada (2024).
Among 22 notable people named Kora:
Entertainers appear 2.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kora, Polish singer (1951–2018).
Together with its spelling variant Cora (#113), Kora would rank around #82 with about 3,000 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Cora and Kora.
Similar names: Korra · Phoenix · Kori · Ezra · Symphony · Coraline
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