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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#698 · 1 in 9,519
Best ever in a state: #235 in Nebraska, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #698 | 11 | 1 in 9,519 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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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 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 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 291,642 of them was named Corby, which outranked 14.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,387 names at #8,423; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 26,417 of them was named Corby, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,045Loyd60
- #1,045Oren60
- #1,045Reginal60
- #1,054Corby59
- #1,054Ahmed59
- #1,054Bartholomew59
- #1,054Brandt59
- #1,068Chandler58
- #1,068Donavon58
- #1,068Isreal58
Tied with 13 names at #1,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.