Korah — #5844 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Korah

The Social Security Administration has registered 772 babies named Korah between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Korah currently holds the #5844 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Korah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Korah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Korah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Korah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 772 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.