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Koren

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From Hebrew קורן; literal meaning unconfirmed

Koren has been given to 1,779 babies in the U.S. since 1950. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 91 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Koren, 2015

1 in 740,000

Koren over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Koren over time

In 2025, Koren went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19502025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Koren: meaning, origin, and history

From Hebrew קורן; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Koren means

Koren is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Koren is used in English.

Koren comes through Hebrew קורן.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,519 girls were recorded with the name Koren between 1950 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 91 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,322 in 1978.

In the United States, 260 boys were recorded with the name Koren between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2008; its best national rank was #4,194 in 2004.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,799 in 2015 to #11,419 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Koren?

Koren had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 740,000
5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only
1 in 357,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
513,148 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Koren sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Koren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Korens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Koren was born before 1977 — so the typical Koren is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
35.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,519
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 35.5% of all recorded uses (540).

Is Koren rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1978 (91)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,322
1978

Spellings of Koren

Koren is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 71.4% against Koren's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Koren is used

Across 1910–2025, Koren was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 297,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Missouri1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Koren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Koren around the world

Where Koren ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2004
    #3,725
    in 2004
  • South Australia
    1975–1990
    #691
    in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Koren by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,322
1978
Peak year
1978
91 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
1,519
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,419
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#4,194
2004
Peak year
2008
22 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
260
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Koren

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Koren

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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