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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #90 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 446 boysAKMaine: #51 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 181 boysMEVermont: #64 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 295 boysVTNew Hampshire: #59 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 242 boysNHWashington: #69 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 336 boysWAIdaho: #75 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 357 boysIDMontana: #60 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 255 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 239 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 189 boysMNIllinois: #78 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 447 boysILWisconsin: #68 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 324 boysWIMichigan: #66 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 367 boysMINew York: #92 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 608 boysNYMassachusetts: #78 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 502 boysMARhode Island: #103 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 724 boysRIOregon: #66 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 333 boysORNevada: #103 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 479 boysNVWyoming: #93 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 405 boysWYSouth Dakota: #50 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 178 boysSDIowa: #51 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 224 boysIAIndiana: #87 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 465 boysINOhio: #96 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 654 boysOHPennsylvania: #88 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 568 boysPANew Jersey: #93 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 603 boysNJConnecticut: #76 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 461 boysCTCalifornia: #159 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 869 boysCAUtah: #80 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 427 boysUTColorado: #105 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 587 boysCONebraska: #62 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 281 boysNEMissouri: #78 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 411 boysMOKentucky: #109 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 680 boysKYWest Virginia: #173 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,423 boysWVVirginia: #83 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 468 boysVAMaryland: #73 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 416 boysMDDelaware: #97 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 482 boysDEArizona: #165 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 857 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Corey, so not publishedNMKansas: #74 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 352 boysKSArkansas: #97 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 444 boysARTennessee: #78 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 386 boysTNNorth Carolina: #72 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 353 boysNCSouth Carolina: #55 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 248 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #70 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 293 boysDCOklahoma: #104 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 489 boysOKLouisiana: #39 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 169 boysLAMississippi: #111 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 566 boysMSAlabama: #72 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 339 boysALGeorgia: #88 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 438 boysGAHawaii: #124 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 541 boysHITexas: #110 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 478 boysTXFlorida: #63 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 325 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#39 · 1 in 169
  2. South Dakota#50 · 1 in 178
  3. Minnesota#50 · 1 in 189
  4. Maine#51 · 1 in 181
  5. Iowa#51 · 1 in 224

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#391741 in 169
Minnesota#501401 in 189
South Dakota#50261 in 178
Iowa#51851 in 224
Maine#51361 in 181
South Carolina#55841 in 248
New Hampshire#59211 in 242
Montana#60201 in 255
Nebraska#62391 in 281
Florida#631561 in 325
North Dakota#63191 in 239
Vermont#6491 in 295
Michigan#661751 in 367
Oregon#66451 in 333
Wisconsin#68951 in 324
Washington#69681 in 336
District of Columbia#70271 in 293
Alabama#72781 in 339
North Carolina#721101 in 353
Maryland#73501 in 416
Kansas#74401 in 352
Idaho#75181 in 357
Connecticut#76361 in 461
Illinois#781751 in 447
Massachusetts#78681 in 502
Missouri#78821 in 411
Tennessee#78811 in 386
Utah#80321 in 427
Virginia#83671 in 468
Indiana#87851 in 465
Georgia#88871 in 438
Pennsylvania#881291 in 568
Alaska#9061 in 446
New York#921881 in 608
New Jersey#93711 in 603
Wyoming#9361 in 405
Ohio#961191 in 654
Arkansas#97351 in 444
Delaware#9771 in 482
Nevada#10371 in 479
Rhode Island#10371 in 724
Oklahoma#104381 in 489
Colorado#105311 in 587
Kentucky#109381 in 680
Texas#1102211 in 478
Mississippi#111331 in 566
Hawaii#124111 in 541
California#1591731 in 869
Arizona#165211 in 857
West Virginia#17391 in 1,423
New Mexico———

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 1974

girls
#682
216 births · 1 in 6,794 girls
boys
#77
3,382 births · 1 in 465 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #682Corey216

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #77Corey3,382
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 6,794 of them was named Corey, which outranked 93.3% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #679Toya219
  2. #680Tiffanie218
  3. #681Kristal217
  4. #682Corey216
  5. #682Deann216
  6. #682Florence216
  7. #682Shalonda216
  8. #686Margo215
  9. #687Chiquita214
  10. #687Geneva214

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

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 465 of them was named Corey, which outranked 98.7% of the 6,004 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. #74Derek3,636
  2. #75Joel3,491
  3. #76Brent3,413
  4. #77Corey3,382
  5. #78Billy3,365
  6. #79Randy3,342
  7. #80Nicholas3,218
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →