Corky
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 92.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 610since 1928
Corky over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
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| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Corky! It came in at #3,357, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Corky
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1958 at #1,396 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 68,465 boys born in 1958 were named Corky (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 32.5% of all boys named Corky (198) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1954, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 15 | #2,980 (1929) | #3,169 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,128 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,683 (1944) | #2,411 |
| 1950s | 198 | #1,396 (1958) | #1,843 |
| 1960s | 120 | #1,918 (1965) | #2,619 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,601 (1976) | #3,532 |
| 1980s | 25 | #4,457 (1986) | #4,550 |
| 1990s | 12 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,326 |
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.
Corky in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 158,230 of them was named Corky, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,076Willoughby8
- #3,076Woodard8
- #3,076York8
- #3,357Corky7
- #3,357Abundio7
- #3,357Agostino7
- #3,357Aldean7
- #3,697Abb6
- #3,697Abbott6
- #3,697Abdon6
Tied with 339 names at #3,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.