Corry

Where Corry comes from

Corry hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,897 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1932
    Corry Brokken born
    Dutch singer, judge
  3. 1960
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1977
    Peak, #853
    101 babies named Corry — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,399.
  6. 1990
    Corry Evans born
    Northern Irish association football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Corry Brokken · Dutch singer, judge, 1932–2016
  • Corry Evans · Northern Irish association football player, born 1990
  • Corry Vreeken · Dutch chess player, 1928–2025
  • Corry Tendeloo · Dutch lawyer, feminist, and politician, 1897–1956
  • Corry Vonk · Dutch actor, singer and cabaret artist, 1901–1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.