Corey

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #778 for boys in 2025, 327 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 6,041 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
185,020
since 1919

Corey over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #52, 1977boys
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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#5,23824#778327
2024#6,64217#677403
2023#5,96020#642430
2022#6,46418#634437
2021#5,23724#552517
2020#4,35831#530539
2019#4,65329#491586
2018#5,45423#465623
2017#5,51723#467650
2016#5,79622#415770
2015#6,45219#412755
2014#6,98717#384809
2013#7,37216#358879
2012#5,55724#351880
2011#6,33520#3131,027
2010#5,60224#3161,011
2009#5,53725#2941,124
2008#4,88230#2871,184
2007#6,55220#2511,403
2006#5,70923#2341,534
2005#4,37331#2131,705
2004#2,92754#2111,674
2003#3,59039#1991,887
2002#2,55461#1812,105
2001#2,51261#1682,245
2000#2,23670#1492,607
1999#1,84486#1352,827
1998#1,63699#1153,201
1997#1,312132#1103,416
1996#1,223144#944,087
1995#914206#744,976
1994#869225#735,279
1993#785261#685,674
1992#790257#656,140
1991#714295#586,931
1990#673319#567,692
1989#697287#558,003
1988#619323#567,328
1987#590330#576,444
1986#522394#625,762
1985#527378#635,228
1984#607294#694,243
1983#608289#743,967
1982#653273#743,939
1981#660268#694,247
1980#650281#684,437
1979#610290#634,738
1978#576298#614,942
1977#525350#526,041
1976#579283#644,432
1975#602267#713,876
1974#682216#773,382
1973#695214#893,019
1972#855151#952,990
1971#917142#773,766
1970#1,026120#843,814
1969#881142#584,924
1968#1,13389#1711,577
1967#1,68246#345466
1966#1,63247#347465
1965#1,82939#337505
1964#1,83641#363458
1963#1,50855#384427
1962#1,62748#383437
1961#1,72044#395406
1960#1,67345#458303
1959#1,43556#462295
1958#1,65742#458295
1957#2,34723#482261
1956#2,53020#438293
1955#2,72517#465253
1954#3,49011#605149
1953#3,68710#79880
1952#3,37211#677105
1951#4,8336#85267
1950#3,9628#89958
1949#3,8928#99749
1948#5,2435#1,17337
1947—#1,69620
1946—#1,60120
1945#4,0256#1,44521
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,33427
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1939—#2,4499
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Corey! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Corey is popular in 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedAKMaine: #55 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 223 boysMEVermont: #77 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 366 boysVTNew Hampshire: #78 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 441 boysNHWashington: #92 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 478 boysWAIdaho: #51 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 190 boysIDMontana: #81 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 343 boysMTNorth Dakota: #32 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 115 boysNDMinnesota: #52 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 223 boysMNIllinois: #83 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 472 boysILWisconsin: #53 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 241 boysWIMichigan: #73 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 405 boysMINew York: #104 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 653 boysNYMassachusetts: #92 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 676 boysMARhode Island: #91 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 612 boysRIOregon: #55 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 237 boysORNevada: #97 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 415 boysNVWyoming: #111 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 466 boysWYSouth Dakota: #41 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 162 boysSDIowa: #54 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 234 boysIAIndiana: #93 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 546 boysINOhio: #108 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 709 boysOHPennsylvania: #77 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 499 boysPANew Jersey: #96 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 600 boysNJConnecticut: #76 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 491 boysCTCalifornia: #133 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 691 boysCAUtah: #69 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 305 boysUTColorado: #101 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 514 boysCONebraska: #46 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 191 boysNEMissouri: #75 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 430 boysMOKentucky: #143 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 940 boysKYWest Virginia: #210 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,063 boysWVVirginia: #58 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 303 boysVAMaryland: #80 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 473 boysMDDelaware: #69 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 386 boysDEArizona: #184 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 969 boysAZNew Mexico: #251 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,376 boysNMKansas: #73 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 359 boysKSArkansas: #90 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 399 boysARTennessee: #109 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 576 boysTNNorth Carolina: #79 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 390 boysNCSouth Carolina: #82 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 360 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #89 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 431 boysDCOklahoma: #107 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 506 boysOKLouisiana: #47 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 212 boysLAMississippi: #133 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 666 boysMSAlabama: #100 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 464 boysALGeorgia: #62 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 298 boysGAHawaii: #82 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 346 boysHITexas: #107 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 454 boysTXFlorida: #78 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 402 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#32 · 1 in 115
  2. South Dakota#41 · 1 in 162
  3. Nebraska#46 · 1 in 191
  4. Louisiana#47 · 1 in 212
  5. Idaho#51 · 1 in 190

Best ever in a state: #21 in Louisiana, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#32421 in 115
South Dakota#41301 in 162
Nebraska#46601 in 191
Louisiana#471561 in 212
Idaho#51311 in 190
Minnesota#521331 in 223
Wisconsin#531411 in 241
Iowa#54921 in 234
Maine#55361 in 223
Oregon#55661 in 237
Virginia#581211 in 303
Georgia#621471 in 298
Delaware#69111 in 386
Utah#69411 in 305
Kansas#73441 in 359
Michigan#731891 in 405
Missouri#75891 in 430
Connecticut#76421 in 491
Pennsylvania#771771 in 499
Vermont#7791 in 366
Florida#781341 in 402
New Hampshire#78131 in 441
North Carolina#791141 in 390
Maryland#80561 in 473
Montana#81151 in 343
Hawaii#82181 in 346
South Carolina#82651 in 360
Illinois#831931 in 472
District of Columbia#89251 in 431
Arkansas#90401 in 399
Rhode Island#91111 in 612
Massachusetts#92631 in 676
Washington#92531 in 478
Indiana#93841 in 546
New Jersey#96861 in 600
Nevada#9791 in 415
Alabama#100651 in 464
Colorado#101371 in 514
New York#1042101 in 653
Oklahoma#107401 in 506
Texas#1072511 in 454
Ohio#1081301 in 709
Tennessee#109601 in 576
Wyoming#11151 in 466
California#1332341 in 691
Mississippi#133321 in 666
Kentucky#143311 in 940
Arizona#184181 in 969
West Virginia#21071 in 2,063
New Mexico#25171 in 1,376
Alaska———

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 Corey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 101 spots since 2024 (#677 → #778)
  • 248 spots since 2020 (#530 → #778)
  • 366 spots since 2015 (#412 → #778)
  • Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1954 (#798 → #605)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1953 (#677 → #798)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1977 at #52 (6,041 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1969–1996
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1949–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1989 were named Corey (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,223 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1977, was only 1 in 272 (0.37%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Corey (53,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s21#3,708 (1926)#4,095
1930s15#2,449 (1939)#2,812
1940s223#997 (1949)#1,570
1950s1,856#438 (1956)#614
1960s9,968#58 (1969)#324
1970s41,000#52 (1977)#73
1980s53,598#55 (1989)#65
1990s50,223#56 (1990)#85
2000s17,468#149 (2000)#219
2010s7,990#313 (2011)#397
2020s2,653#530 (2020)#636

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.

Corey in 1971

girls
#917
142 births · 1 in 11,717 girls
boys
#77
3,766 births · 1 in 470 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #917Corey142

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #77Corey3,766
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 11,717 of them was named Corey, which outranked 90.5% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #911Nicola143
  2. #911Valeria143
  3. #911Violet143
  4. #917Corey142
  5. #917Jayme142
  6. #919Carlene141
  7. #919Corrine141
  8. #919Dale141

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

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 470 of them was named Corey, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #74Johnny3,939
  2. #75Billy3,907
  3. #76Phillip3,850
  4. #77Corey3,766
  5. #78Jon3,717
  6. #79Bobby3,652
  7. #80Joshua3,650
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →