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 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
127,179
since 1924

Cory over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #59, 1988boys
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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#7,49114#1,244160
2024#6,93216#1,096197
2023#8,05513#1,176174
2022#5,46523#1,144182
2021#8,02413#991221
2020#8,95311#910245
2019#9,73610#897244
2018#10,5459#894242
2017#7,44215#777301
2016#7,98814#760320
2015#9,48111#722341
2014#10,12910#696357
2013#8,58013#648377
2012#8,63213#641373
2011#7,78315#650362
2010#6,90418#577438
2009#8,05815#499544
2008#6,13022#457608
2007#6,09322#416706
2006#6,59219#429653
2005#6,52818#373773
2004#7,39115#349817
2003#4,94325#320924
2002#4,17930#2751,119
2001#3,86433#2601,263
2000#3,66435#2271,496
1999#2,56755#1981,704
1998#2,49855#1642,075
1997#2,04569#1662,083
1996#1,88177#1442,446
1995#1,531100#1233,010
1994#1,465108#1023,529
1993#1,264135#943,997
1992#1,068170#834,436
1991#1,122158#745,121
1990#971192#675,765
1989#877210#616,450
1988#861206#596,266
1987#829210#625,849
1986#696260#684,871
1985#872184#813,868
1984#754215#833,505
1983#838183#833,404
1982#871177#933,237
1981#765213#903,352
1980#772213#833,556
1979#707240#823,587
1978#602283#733,842
1977#618271#674,259
1976#635243#833,182
1975#674222#992,573
1974#782175#1142,328
1973#824159#1282,034
1972#877145#1361,957
1971#1,140102#1501,985
1970#1,133103#1641,762
1969#1,16991#1601,783
1968#1,45161#274717
1967#1,65947#358438
1966#1,95235#356444
1965#1,76841#361450
1964#1,53255#381430
1963#1,30571#405394
1962#1,25877#381441
1961#1,34369#373446
1960#1,31270#427353
1959#1,33764#454311
1958#1,34961#469282
1957#1,50750#457284
1956#1,87133#560184
1955#1,69137#508209
1954#2,07626#627139
1953#2,43119#90363
1952#2,67116#1,06646
1951#2,24520#88163
1950#2,65215#1,03746
1949#2,41017#1,43426
1948#2,70114#1,43026
1947#3,06112#1,48225
1946#1,75917
1945#3,3888#1,18031
1944#1,68317
1943#1,98614
1942#2,04213
1941#3,5055
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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.

Where Cory is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cory, so not publishedAKMaine: #77 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 406 boysMEVermont: #64 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 295 boysVTNew Hampshire: #84 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 566 boysNHWashington: #76 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 394 boysWAIdaho: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 280 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 196 boysMTNorth Dakota: #36 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 117 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 189 boysMNIllinois: #108 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 652 boysILWisconsin: #59 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 290 boysWIMichigan: #103 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 648 boysMINew York: #157 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 994 boysNYMassachusetts: #141 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,264 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cory, so not publishedRIOregon: #65 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 325 boysORNevada: #75 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 336 boysNVWyoming: #82 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 347 boysWYSouth Dakota: #36 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 145 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 160 boysIAIndiana: #84 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 454 boysINOhio: #151 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 1,162 boysOHPennsylvania: #116 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 806 boysPANew Jersey: #192 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,381 boysNJConnecticut: #187 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,507 boysCTCalifornia: #157 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 864 boysCAUtah: #48 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 190 boysUTColorado: #105 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 587 boysCONebraska: #41 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 164 boysNEMissouri: #95 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 553 boysMOKentucky: #251 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,350 boysKYWest Virginia: #197 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,829 boysWVVirginia: #167 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,045 boysVAMaryland: #193 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,388 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cory, so not publishedDEArizona: #174 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 900 boysAZNew Mexico: #141 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 648 boysNMKansas: #86 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 402 boysKSArkansas: #173 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,036 boysARTennessee: #136 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 822 boysTNNorth Carolina: #176 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,109 boysNCSouth Carolina: #256 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,735 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #205 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,131 boysDCOklahoma: #109 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 517 boysOKLouisiana: #105 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 468 boysLAMississippi: #192 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,098 boysMSAlabama: #188 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,149 boysALGeorgia: #163 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 929 boysGAHawaii: #98 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 425 boysHITexas: #149 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 700 boysTXFlorida: #195 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,151 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#36 · 1 in 117
  2. South Dakota#36 · 1 in 145
  3. Nebraska#41 · 1 in 164
  4. Iowa#42 · 1 in 160
  5. Utah#48 · 1 in 190

Best ever in a state: #26 in North Dakota, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#36391 in 117
South Dakota#36321 in 145
Nebraska#41671 in 164
Iowa#421191 in 160
Utah#48721 in 190
Montana#49261 in 196
Minnesota#501401 in 189
Wisconsin#591061 in 290
Idaho#63231 in 280
Vermont#6491 in 295
Oregon#65461 in 325
Nevada#75101 in 336
Washington#76581 in 394
Maine#77161 in 406
Wyoming#8271 in 347
Indiana#84871 in 454
New Hampshire#8491 in 566
Kansas#86351 in 402
Missouri#95611 in 553
Hawaii#98141 in 425
Michigan#103991 in 648
Colorado#105311 in 587
Louisiana#105631 in 468
Illinois#1081201 in 652
Oklahoma#109361 in 517
Pennsylvania#116911 in 806
Tennessee#136381 in 822
Massachusetts#141271 in 1,264
New Mexico#141141 in 648
Texas#1491511 in 700
Ohio#151671 in 1,162
California#1571741 in 864
New York#1571151 in 994
Georgia#163411 in 929
Virginia#167301 in 1,045
Arkansas#173151 in 1,036
Arizona#174201 in 900
North Carolina#176351 in 1,109
Connecticut#187111 in 1,507
Alabama#188231 in 1,149
Mississippi#192171 in 1,098
New Jersey#192311 in 1,381
Maryland#193151 in 1,388
Florida#195441 in 1,151
West Virginia#19771 in 1,829
District of Columbia#20571 in 1,131
Kentucky#251111 in 2,350
South Carolina#256121 in 1,735
Alaska
Delaware
Rhode Island

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 Cory
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s7#3,505 (1924)#3,505
1930s5#3,549 (1936)#3,549
1940s174#1,180 (1945)#1,833
1950s1,627#454 (1959)#696
1960s5,896#160 (1969)#348
1970s27,509#67 (1977)#110
1980s44,358#59 (1988)#76
1990s34,166#67 (1990)#122
2000s8,903#227 (2000)#361
2010s3,355#577 (2010)#726
2020s1,179#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 1974

girls
#782
175 births · 1 in 8,386 girls
boys
#114
2,328 births · 1 in 675 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #782Cory175

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #114Cory2,328
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 8,386 of them was named Cory, which outranked 92.4% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cory
  1. #779Cary177
  2. #779Shanta177
  3. #781Tamela176
  4. #782Cory175
  5. #782Elissa175
  6. #782Nikole175
  7. #785Aurora174
  8. #785Rocio174
  9. #787Brande173

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 675 of them was named Cory, which outranked 98.1% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cory
  1. #110Jay2,360
  2. #112Alexander2,354
  3. #113Joe2,346
  4. #114Cory2,328
  5. #115Henry2,319
  6. #116Chris2,279
  7. #117Gabriel2,232
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974