Korah
Korah was the 5163rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 3273rd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,598 places. More babies were named Korah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Cora) maiden (probably) · Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #5,163 girls, down 1,411 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201849 babies
- Total since 1880
- 797babies recorded
What does the name Korah mean?
Korah is a spelling of Cora, pronounced the same way, so it shares Cora's meaning and origin.
Cora is usually connected with the Greek kore, 'young girl, maiden', which was also a title of the goddess Persephone; DMNES gives this derivation. Wiktionary notes that the name was brought into English literature by James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans (1826), whose heroine is Cora Munro, and that a heroine named Cora appears in a French novel of 1777. Wikipedia adds a rare Irish source, cora, 'just, virtuous'. Corinne and Coralie are related French forms.
κόρη (Ancient Greek, “young girl, maiden”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Greek 'maiden' link is standard, but the modern name's spread owes much to literature and the exact route is not documented.
Related names: Corinne, Corrine, Kora, Coralie.
See also: Greek names.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Cora', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cora', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Cora (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Korah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,163 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,752 | 39 |
| 2010 | #5,336 | 26 |
| 2000 | #5,591 | 20 |
| 1990 | #12,142 | 6 |
| 1980 | #8,603 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Korah, counting every spelling?
Korah is a spelling of Cora, a name family that ranked #97 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,163 for Korah on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,230 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cora | 2,428 | #113 | 13,843 |
| Kora | 603 | #491 | 3,101 |
| Korra | 153 | #1,421 | 990 |
| Korah | 25 | #5,163 | 141 |
| Corah | 14 | #7,574 | 69 |
| Corra | 7 | #12,188 | 66 |
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 Korah?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Korah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Korah 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Korah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Korah?
About 800 people born in the US named Korah are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Korah a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Korah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Korah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Korah
What does Korah mean?
Korah is a spelling of Cora, which means “maiden (probably)” (Greek origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Korah?
Korah was the 5163rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 3273rd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,598 places. More babies were named Korah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Korah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Korah in the US.