Girls' name · since 1999
Korra
Korra has 2,135 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,512 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,422 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,135
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Korra is the #1422 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,135 recorded since 1999.
Korra has 2,135 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1422 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #4,512 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,422 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,135 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korra ranks #4,512 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,422 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,135 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,512 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,422 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,135
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Korra's 2,135 recorded births place it above 93.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Korra compares
2,135 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Korra's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Korra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 238 | 21 | 19,840 |
Korra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Korra's full recorded timeline at 2013, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 238 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Korra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 238
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Korra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,146 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Korra's strongest decade.
1,146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Korra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 65
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
919 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,146 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,146 births (54% of all-time use).
How Korra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Korra's total volume
Korra by state
Where Korra concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 217 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 156 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 108 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 78 | 3.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 54 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 54 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 39 | 1.8% |
217 of 2,135 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Korra appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Korra's data
- California records the most Korras (217 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Korra: 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 (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Korra 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.