Kore
Kore was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 89 Americans have been recorded with it between 1977 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kore by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kore mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kore is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “girl, maiden, daughter” (κόρη).
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).
/ˈkɔːriː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kore?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,464, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
10 babies in 2005, the peak
Kore peaked in 2005, when 10 boys were given it, #7,429 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #14,360 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #13,464 | |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,436 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,199 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 5 | #13,692 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 10 | #7,429 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,587 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #11,576 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,738 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 5 | #9,862 |
Every recorded year (15)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | under 5 | 5 | #9,629 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #9,525 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #6,585 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 7 | #4,810 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,379 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kore a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 89 Americans recorded as Kore, 13% are girls and 87% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kore: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kore, and how old are they?
An estimated 86 Americans named Kore and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 263 people named Kore (87 women and girls, 176 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 70 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Kore rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.