Corby
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 81.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,355since 1922
Corby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,400 | 32 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | — | #1,099 | 58 | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #1,229 | 46 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,054 | 59 |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,221 | 42 |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Corby! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Corby is popular in 1954
No state had 5 or more boys named Corby in 1954, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Corby
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1973 at #1,054 (59 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,417 boys born in 1973 were named Corby (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.8% of all boys named Corby (418) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1958, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,307 (1922) | #4,307 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,645 (1935) | #3,645 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,838 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,677 (1958) | #2,182 |
| 1960s | 230 | #1,221 (1969) | #1,720 |
| 1970s | 418 | #1,054 (1973) | #1,409 |
| 1980s | 210 | #2,085 (1983) | #2,614 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,400 (1995) | #3,959 |
| 2000s | 86 | #4,204 (2000) | #8,203 |
| 2010s | 25 | #8,781 (2014) | #10,616 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,077 |
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.
Corby in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 49,793 of them was named Corby, which outranked 75.5% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,602Sherre40
- #1,602Terre40
- #1,602Tessie40
- #1,623Corby39
- #1,623Alba39
- #1,623Carlyn39
- #1,623Cinthia39
- #1,648Annita38
- #1,648Charity38
- #1,648Deon38
Tied with 24 names at #1,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 135,917 of them was named Corby, which outranked 53.1% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,956Veryl16
- #1,956Vickie16
- #1,956Worth16
- #2,044Corby15
- #2,044Alain15
- #2,044Alexandro15
- #2,044Americo15
- #2,114Algie14
- #2,114Alma14
- #2,114Alois14
Tied with 69 names at #2,044; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.