Names / Boy names
Kore
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#4,813
in 1978
First recorded
1977
in U.S. data
Children named
89
since 1977
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,813 in 1978 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Kore first shows up in American naming records in 1977, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 89 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.