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Kori

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

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

Girl's name · #978 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Kori reached its best rank, #631, in 2016 and ranked #978 in 2025. About 15,000 girls have carried it since 1953.

Across the states

In recent years, Kori ran 3–5× its national rate in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,247 in Canada (2024).

Famous Koris

Kori Carter — American hurdler
Kori Udovički — Serbian economist
Kori Kelley Seehafer — Cyclist
Kori Rae — American film producer
Kori Schake — American academic

What Koris become

Among 34 notable people named Kori:

Sports figures appear 2.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kori Kelley Seehafer, American sport cyclist (born 1975).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Cori (#1932), Kori would rank around #754 with about 360 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Kori and Cori.

Similar names: Cori · Hadlee · Kora · Moriah · Kinslee · Rori

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