Cori
Cori is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cori
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cori is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cori
As a girl name
Cori first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1947, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 397 births, good for #482 nationwide. About 24% of every Cori on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cori ranks #1,792 for girls with 113 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Cori first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1960, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 53 births, good for #1,564 nationwide. About 27% of every Cori on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Cori last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cori
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cori. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cori
Phonetically similar names — useful when Cori is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Cori
Cori is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Cori's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #482. Use the chart and map above to compare Cori'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 .
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