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 | |
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| 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 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#235 · 1 in 2,147
- Pennsylvania#639 · 1 in 14,345
- Ohio#684 · 1 in 15,317
- Texas#759 · 1 in 10,707
Best ever in a state: #235 in Nebraska, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #235 | 5 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Pennsylvania | #639 | 5 | 1 in 14,345 |
| Ohio | #684 | 5 | 1 in 15,317 |
| Texas | #759 | 10 | 1 in 10,707 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| 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 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 26,920 of them was named Corby, which outranked 82.7% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Rosendo59
- #1,094Rustin59
- #1,094Samir59
- #1,099Corby58
- #1,099Basil58
- #1,099Benjamen58
- #1,099Cullen58
- #1,114Coleman57
- #1,114Damen57
- #1,114Dannie57
Tied with 14 names at #1,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.