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“Variant of Corey — Troop, army (Old Norse/Irish); or hollow (Gaelic)” — Old Norse via Old Irish, or Gaelic (disputed) origin
Girl's name · #1932 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Cori holds its lane: charted since 1947 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1932 in 2025). About 12,000 girls have carried it along the way. Together with its spelling variant Kori (#978), Cori would rank around #754 with about 360 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Kori and Cori.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 36 notable people named Cori:
Sports figures appear 3.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cori Schumacher, American surfer.
Similar names: Kori · Bobbi · Korra · Jori · Bridgette · Annmarie
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