Corey

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #778 for boys in 2025, 327 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 6,041 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
185,020
since 1919

Corey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #52, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,23824#778327
2024#6,64217#677403
2023#5,96020#642430
2022#6,46418#634437
2021#5,23724#552517
2020#4,35831#530539
2019#4,65329#491586
2018#5,45423#465623
2017#5,51723#467650
2016#5,79622#415770
2015#6,45219#412755
2014#6,98717#384809
2013#7,37216#358879
2012#5,55724#351880
2011#6,33520#3131,027
2010#5,60224#3161,011
2009#5,53725#2941,124
2008#4,88230#2871,184
2007#6,55220#2511,403
2006#5,70923#2341,534
2005#4,37331#2131,705
2004#2,92754#2111,674
2003#3,59039#1991,887
2002#2,55461#1812,105
2001#2,51261#1682,245
2000#2,23670#1492,607
1999#1,84486#1352,827
1998#1,63699#1153,201
1997#1,312132#1103,416
1996#1,223144#944,087
1995#914206#744,976
1994#869225#735,279
1993#785261#685,674
1992#790257#656,140
1991#714295#586,931
1990#673319#567,692
1989#697287#558,003
1988#619323#567,328
1987#590330#576,444
1986#522394#625,762
1985#527378#635,228
1984#607294#694,243
1983#608289#743,967
1982#653273#743,939
1981#660268#694,247
1980#650281#684,437
1979#610290#634,738
1978#576298#614,942
1977#525350#526,041
1976#579283#644,432
1975#602267#713,876
1974#682216#773,382
1973#695214#893,019
1972#855151#952,990
1971#917142#773,766
1970#1,026120#843,814
1969#881142#584,924
1968#1,13389#1711,577
1967#1,68246#345466
1966#1,63247#347465
1965#1,82939#337505
1964#1,83641#363458
1963#1,50855#384427
1962#1,62748#383437
1961#1,72044#395406
1960#1,67345#458303
1959#1,43556#462295
1958#1,65742#458295
1957#2,34723#482261
1956#2,53020#438293
1955#2,72517#465253
1954#3,49011#605149
1953#3,68710#79880
1952#3,37211#677105
1951#4,8336#85267
1950#3,9628#89958
1949#3,8928#99749
1948#5,2435#1,17337
1947#1,69620
1946#1,60120
1945#4,0256#1,44521
1944#1,52520
1943#1,48622
1942#1,33427
1941
1940#2,8717
1939#2,4499
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1937#3,1756
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1928#4,1515
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1926#3,7086
1925#4,1975
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1921#4,3225
1920
1919#4,1685
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Corey! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Corey is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNHWashington: #214 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,119 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #173 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,738 boysMNIllinois: #430 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,640 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedWIMichigan: #501 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,509 boysMINew York: #309 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 4,520 boysNYMassachusetts: #291 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,276 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedSDIowa: #265 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,837 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedINOhio: #483 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,853 boysOHPennsylvania: #302 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 6,155 boysPANew Jersey: #315 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,894 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #309 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 3,424 boysCAUtah: #74 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 364 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedHITexas: #913 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,647 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#74 · 1 in 364
  2. Minnesota#173 · 1 in 1,738
  3. Washington#214 · 1 in 2,119
  4. Iowa#265 · 1 in 3,837
  5. Massachusetts#291 · 1 in 9,276

Best ever in a state: #21 in Louisiana, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#74331 in 364
Minnesota#173231 in 1,738
Washington#214151 in 2,119
Iowa#26581 in 3,837
Massachusetts#29161 in 9,276
Pennsylvania#302201 in 6,155
California#309491 in 3,424
New York#309391 in 4,520
New Jersey#315101 in 5,894
Illinois#430131 in 8,640
Ohio#48391 in 12,853
Michigan#50181 in 12,509
Texas#91361 in 20,647
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Corey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 101 spots since 2024 (#677#778)
  • 248 spots since 2020 (#530#778)
  • 366 spots since 2015 (#412#778)
  • Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1954 (#798#605)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1953 (#677#798)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1977 at #52 (6,041 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1969–1996
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1949–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1989 were named Corey (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,223 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1977, was only 1 in 272 (0.37%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Corey (53,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s21#3,708 (1926)#4,095
1930s15#2,449 (1939)#2,812
1940s223#997 (1949)#1,570
1950s1,856#438 (1956)#614
1960s9,968#58 (1969)#324
1970s41,000#52 (1977)#73
1980s53,598#55 (1989)#65
1990s50,223#56 (1990)#85
2000s17,468#149 (2000)#219
2010s7,990#313 (2011)#397
2020s2,653#530 (2020)#636

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Corey in 1956

girls
#2,530
20 births · 1 in 100,385 girls
boys
#438
293 births · 1 in 7,219 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #2,530Corey20

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #438Corey293
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 100,385 of them was named Corey, which outranked 63.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #2,453Versie21
  2. #2,453Wynette21
  3. #2,453Youlanda21
  4. #2,530Corey20
  5. #2,530Adelia20
  6. #2,530Adonna20
  7. #2,530Alina20
  8. #2,622Alayne19
  9. #2,622Alisia19
  10. #2,622Altha19

Tied with 91 names at #2,530; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 7,219 of them was named Corey, which outranked 90.2% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #435Wilson305
  2. #436Alphonso299
  3. #437Guadalupe298
  4. #438Corey293
  5. #439Christophe292
  6. #439Jody292
  7. #439Merle292
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956