Cori
Masculine
Cori is given to both — 1,233 boys and 12,198 girls since 1880. See Cori as a girl nameSee other names given to both
For about three years in the late 1980s two young actors called Corey were on every magazine cover in America, and the name's curve records it precisely: a sharp rise, a peak, and a fall that has never reversed.
How old is the name Cori?
Cori first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Cori alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 1,200 people named Cori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cori most popular?
Cori peaked in 1988, reaching #1482 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 9,213 places below that high. See the whole 1988 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cori
A pair of names can rise together for reasons that have nothing to do with either of them. Corey Feldman and Corey Haim appeared in a run of films between 1985 and 1989 and were marketed as a unit, so the name arrived twice at once and in a form aimed squarely at the people who would soon be naming children. American records show the effect within two or three years, and they also show what happens afterwards: a name lifted that fast is dated that precisely, and it falls as soon as the cause stops being visible. The Cori spelling belongs to the same window and is used for both sexes, which is common for names that arrive by sound rather than through a written tradition. The etymology underneath is genuinely unsettled, which is worth saying rather than picking one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Corey is generally traced to the Irish surname O Comhraidhe or to Norse Kori, and neither derivation is secure. Cori is a short American spelling used for both sexes; its male peak is 1988.
Pronouncing Cori
KOR-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Cori, Cory and Corey are homophones; the -i ending reads as female to many Americans.
Nicknames for Cori
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1960
- Most boys named
- 199053 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1482reached in 1988
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%6 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cori in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Corey in English — spelling variant
- Cory in English — spelling variant
Coris among us
people named Cori are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Cori
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cori
- #10695
- Cori on the 2025 chart
- #698
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cori went to 6 boys in 2025, but Cory, Kory and Kori and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 234, which makes it the 698th most-given boys’ name of the year — 9,997 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 7,299 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 284,679 for Cori itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Darrol test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cori's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Darrol climbed just as high around 1947, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Darrol's path sketches the road Cori is walking now.
Cori sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Cori beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cori in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two syllables, nothing silent.
- It works for either sex.
- The sound is familiar to every American ear.
- Corey is the standard spelling and this one reads as female.
- The 1988 peak dates it very precisely.
- Its etymology is genuinely unknown.
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Masculine · #10695 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Coris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Cori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cori?
- Cori is one of 5 recorded spellings. Cory is the more common one — 160 births in 2025 against 6 for Cori.
- How popular is the name Cori in 2025?
- Cori ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cori?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Cori — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cori with classmates?
- Cori will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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