Korey

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 89.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1989 · 485 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,443
since 1953

Korey over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #2,216, 1977peak #427, 1989girlsboys
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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#11,9327#2,71847
2024#8,94611#2,63750
2023#2,18865
2022#10,3839#2,43857
2021#6,41418#1,88481
2020#7,96913#1,81582
2019#5,79821#1,80585
2018#8,14613#1,83882
2017#8,77612#1,97772
2016#6,40119#1,556106
2015#6,45219#1,62598
2014#8,05314#1,64194
2013#6,72918#1,427116
2012#9,10912#1,314130
2011#10,37410#1,359124
2010#8,70113#1,284135
2009#8,88813#1,256141
2008#8,10915#1,090170
2007#8,52014#1,246141
2006#5,90622#985188
2005#8,33013#879207
2004#7,39115#949177
2003#5,23523#775225
2002#5,25422#734239
2001#5,36421#700256
2000#4,98123#821195
1999#3,71832#704238
1998#4,63623#702237
1997#4,12526#711222
1996#3,09338#604295
1995#2,68745#558334
1994#3,53631#564330
1993#2,60047#525377
1992#3,09137#532365
1991#2,79042#474435
1990#2,64044#438507
1989#2,71441#427485
1988#2,80337#456393
1987#2,43442#466358
1986#2,22846#496310
1985#2,36242#487317
1984#2,91530#599201
1983#4,10918#596206
1982#3,17227#675167
1981#3,43624#645174
1980#2,74933#586215
1979#3,33324#667164
1978#2,85928#634173
1977#2,21641#533248
1976#2,60230#655156
1975#2,81126#653158
1974#2,75726#761113
1973#2,83024#756112
1972#3,17720#797100
1971#3,37319#711135
1970#3,43518#703140
1969#3,19918#701127
1968#6,2466#89864
1967#6,8045#1,38830
1966#1,54025
1965#6,5395#1,72021
1964#5,4747#1,90018
1963#5,2967#1,74421
1962#4,5339#1,58825
1961#1,60225
1960#5,1687#2,53511
1959#6,2455#3,0378
1958#2,50611
1957#2,63110
1956#2,9698
1955#3,5056
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Korey! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Korey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 81 spots since 2024 (#2,637#2,718)
  • 903 spots since 2020 (#1,815#2,718)
  • 1,093 spots since 2015 (#1,625#2,718)
  • Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1968 (#1,388#898)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 2007 (#985#1,246)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1989 at #427 (485 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1968–2006
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,051
  • Highest: 1 in 4,051 boys born in 1990 were named Korey (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #427 in 1989, was only 1 in 4,126 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 29.2% of all boys named Korey (3,340) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s48#2,506 (1958)#3,074
1960s367#701 (1969)#1,562
1970s1,499#533 (1977)#687
1980s2,826#427 (1989)#543
1990s3,340#438 (1990)#581
2000s1,939#700 (2001)#944
2010s1,042#1,284 (2010)#1,583
2020s382#1,815 (2020)#2,280

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.

Korey in 1990

girls
#2,640
44 births · 1 in 43,149 girls
boys
#438
507 births · 1 in 4,051 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #2,640Korey44

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #438Korey507
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 43,149 of them was named Korey, which outranked 82.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Korey
  1. #2,600Taelor45
  2. #2,600Tristin45
  3. #2,600Veronika45
  4. #2,640Korey44
  5. #2,640Abigale44
  6. #2,640Adara44
  7. #2,640Aislinn44
  8. #2,695Adelyn43
  9. #2,695Arin43
  10. #2,695Barbie43

Tied with 54 names at #2,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 4,051 of them was named Korey, which outranked 95.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Korey
  1. #434Zane510
  2. #436Emilio509
  3. #437Jarvis508
  4. #438Korey507
  5. #439Rogelio505
  6. #440Leroy503
  7. #441Sheldon501
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990