Kore
Kore is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Kore
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kore is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Kore
As a girl name
Kore first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2021, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 6 births, good for #13,458 nationwide. Kore last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Kore first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1977, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 10 births, good for #7,096 nationwide. About 36% of every Kore on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kore last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 77 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kore
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kore. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cora
- Korë
Names that sound like Kore
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kore
Kore is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 77 births in the dataset. Kore's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #7,096. Use the chart and map above to compare Kore'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.