Corie
Corie was the 5595th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 973rd with 142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Corie in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Kori) variant of Cory · English, Old Norse
- Rank in 2025
- #5,595 girls, up 315 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- 92% girls, 8% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1977142 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,746babies recorded
What does the name Corie mean?
Corie is a spelling of Kori, pronounced the same way, so it shares Kori's meaning and origin.
Kori is a 20th-century American variant of Cory, according to Wiktionary, used mostly for girls. Cory and Corey come from an English surname that Wiktionary derives from the Old Norse given name Kóri, perhaps from Old Irish cuire, a troop. Wiktionary also records an unrelated Yoruba name Kori. US records show Kori from 1953 for girls and 1962 for boys.
Kóri (Old Norse, “personal name”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. Meaning through Corey, whose origin Wiktionary gives only as 'perhaps'.
Related names: Cory, Corey, Korey, Kora.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kori' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Corey' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Corie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,595 | — | 22 | — |
| 2020 | #5,910 | #12,416 | 20 | 5 |
| 2010 | #7,611 | — | 16 | — |
| 2000 | #3,285 | #4,827 | 41 | 15 |
| 1990 | #1,387 | #2,132 | 114 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,251 | #1,772 | 104 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,603 | #2,528 | 59 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,237 | — | 15 | — |
| 1950 | #5,445 | — | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Corie, counting every spelling?
Corie is a spelling of Kori, a name family that ranked #626 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,595 for Corie on its own. Together these spellings went to 465 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kori | 260 | #978 | 1,725 |
| Cori | 100 | #1,932 | 571 |
| Korie | 35 | #4,125 | 211 |
| Corrie | 33 | #4,282 | 189 |
| Corie | 22 | #5,595 | 98 |
| Korri | 5 | #16,208 | 39 |
| Koree | 5 | #16,205 | 35 |
| Korrie | 5 | #16,209 | 34 |
| Korea | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Corie?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Corie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Corie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Corie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Corie?
About 3,600 people born in the US named Corie are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 32 and 49. That makes Corie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Corie by state
How common Corie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Corie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Corie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Corie
What does Corie mean?
Corie is a spelling of Kori, usually explained as “variant of Cory”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.
How popular is the name Corie?
Corie was the 5595th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 973rd with 142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Corie in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Corie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 92% girls, 8% boys given the name Corie in the US.
Where is Corie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Corie was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).