Unisex name · since 2019
Korei
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Korei, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Korei since 2019, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Korei recorded 21 times among girls since 2019, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2023.
- #45,432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korei ranks #45,432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Korei's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Korei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Korei's full recorded timeline at 2021, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Korei popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2023
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Korei popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2000 (Korei as boys' name)
Korei by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Korei's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Korei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Korei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2019–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Korei draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.