Cory
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 95.1% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 6,266 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 127,179since 1924
Cory over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #1,096 | 197 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #1,176 | 174 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #1,144 | 182 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #991 | 221 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #910 | 245 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #897 | 244 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #894 | 242 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #777 | 301 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #760 | 320 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #722 | 341 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #696 | 357 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #648 | 377 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #641 | 373 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #650 | 362 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #577 | 438 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #499 | 544 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #457 | 608 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #416 | 706 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #429 | 653 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #373 | 773 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #349 | 817 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #320 | 924 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #275 | 1,119 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | #260 | 1,263 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #227 | 1,496 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | #198 | 1,704 |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | #164 | 2,075 |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 | #166 | 2,083 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | #144 | 2,446 |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | #123 | 3,010 |
| 1994 | #1,465 | 108 | #102 | 3,529 |
| 1993 | #1,264 | 135 | #94 | 3,997 |
| 1992 | #1,068 | 170 | #83 | 4,436 |
| 1991 | #1,122 | 158 | #74 | 5,121 |
| 1990 | #971 | 192 | #67 | 5,765 |
| 1989 | #877 | 210 | #61 | 6,450 |
| 1988 | #861 | 206 | #59 | 6,266 |
| 1987 | #829 | 210 | #62 | 5,849 |
| 1986 | #696 | 260 | #68 | 4,871 |
| 1985 | #872 | 184 | #81 | 3,868 |
| 1984 | #754 | 215 | #83 | 3,505 |
| 1983 | #838 | 183 | #83 | 3,404 |
| 1982 | #871 | 177 | #93 | 3,237 |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | #90 | 3,352 |
| 1980 | #772 | 213 | #83 | 3,556 |
| 1979 | #707 | 240 | #82 | 3,587 |
| 1978 | #602 | 283 | #73 | 3,842 |
| 1977 | #618 | 271 | #67 | 4,259 |
| 1976 | #635 | 243 | #83 | 3,182 |
| 1975 | #674 | 222 | #99 | 2,573 |
| 1974 | #782 | 175 | #114 | 2,328 |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | #128 | 2,034 |
| 1972 | #877 | 145 | #136 | 1,957 |
| 1971 | #1,140 | 102 | #150 | 1,985 |
| 1970 | #1,133 | 103 | #164 | 1,762 |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 | #160 | 1,783 |
| 1968 | #1,451 | 61 | #274 | 717 |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | #358 | 438 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 | #356 | 444 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | #361 | 450 |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | #381 | 430 |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 | #405 | 394 |
| 1962 | #1,258 | 77 | #381 | 441 |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 | #373 | 446 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | #427 | 353 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 64 | #454 | 311 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 | #469 | 282 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | #457 | 284 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #560 | 184 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | #508 | 209 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #627 | 139 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #903 | 63 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #1,066 | 46 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Cory! It came in at #3,505, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 148 spots since 2024 (#1,096 → #1,244)
- 334 spots since 2020 (#910 → #1,244)
- 522 spots since 2015 (#722 → #1,244)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1954 (#903 → #627)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1952 (#881 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
64 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1988 at #59 (6,266 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1975–1993
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1953–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 306
- Highest: 1 in 306 boys born in 1988 were named Cory (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 34.9% of all boys named Cory (44,358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #3,505 (1924) | #3,505 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,549 |
| 1940s | 174 | #1,180 (1945) | #1,833 |
| 1950s | 1,627 | #454 (1959) | #696 |
| 1960s | 5,896 | #160 (1969) | #348 |
| 1970s | 27,509 | #67 (1977) | #110 |
| 1980s | 44,358 | #59 (1988) | #76 |
| 1990s | 34,166 | #67 (1990) | #122 |
| 2000s | 8,903 | #227 (2000) | #361 |
| 2010s | 3,355 | #577 (2010) | #726 |
| 2020s | 1,179 | #910 (2020) | #1,094 |
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.
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