Cor
Cor is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Cor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cor is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Cor
American parents first put Cor on the record books as a baby boy name in 1989, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 7 Cors were born — ranking #6,227 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1989 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 7 Cors have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Cor
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cor. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cor
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About the name Cor
Cor is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 7 births in the dataset. Cor's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #6,227. Use the chart and map above to compare Cor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.