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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Cory
- 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)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1988 at #59 (6,266 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1975–1993
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1953–2021
- Highest: 1 in 306 boys born in 1988 were named Cory (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 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.
Cory in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 18,539 of them was named Cory, which outranked 86.6% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,162Tess92
- #1,162Tonda92
- #1,162Zoe92
- #1,169Cory91
- #1,169Adria91
- #1,169Delilah91
- #1,169Dinah91
- #1,176Alanna90
- #1,176Daria90
- #1,176Jacki90
Tied with 6 names at #1,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,003 of them was named Cory, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.