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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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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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 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 238 boysAKMaine: #44 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 148 boysMEVermont: #43 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 141 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 152 boysNHWashington: #72 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 357 boysWAIdaho: #75 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 332 boysIDMontana: #95 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 392 boysMTNorth Dakota: #39 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 125 boysNDMinnesota: #51 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 207 boysMNIllinois: #61 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 339 boysILWisconsin: #55 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 253 boysWIMichigan: #49 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 242 boysMINew York: #74 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 418 boysNYMassachusetts: #64 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 349 boysMARhode Island: #78 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 512 boysRIOregon: #78 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 377 boysORNevada: #92 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 458 boysNVWyoming: #58 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 216 boysWYSouth Dakota: #58 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 201 boysSDIowa: #50 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 185 boysIAIndiana: #54 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 250 boysINOhio: #75 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 423 boysOHPennsylvania: #63 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 333 boysPANew Jersey: #72 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 460 boysNJConnecticut: #70 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 383 boysCTCalifornia: #143 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 701 boysCAUtah: #85 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 397 boysUTColorado: #73 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 341 boysCONebraska: #56 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 227 boysNEMissouri: #50 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 230 boysMOKentucky: #78 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 390 boysKYWest Virginia: #75 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 360 boysWVVirginia: #58 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 299 boysVAMaryland: #57 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 292 boysMDDelaware: #77 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 395 boysDEArizona: #199 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,117 boysAZNew Mexico: #138 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 631 boysNMKansas: #59 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 255 boysKSArkansas: #40 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 171 boysARTennessee: #60 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 266 boysTNNorth Carolina: #57 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 262 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 203 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #76 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 349 boysDCOklahoma: #70 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 288 boysOKLouisiana: #31 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 142 boysLAMississippi: #43 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 192 boysMSAlabama: #41 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 190 boysALGeorgia: #40 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 190 boysGAHawaii: #102 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 453 boysHITexas: #91 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 389 boysTXFlorida: #57 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 288 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#31 · 1 in 142
  2. North Dakota#39 · 1 in 125
  3. Arkansas#40 · 1 in 171
  4. Georgia#40 · 1 in 190
  5. Alabama#41 · 1 in 190

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#312321 in 142
North Dakota#39421 in 125
Arkansas#40861 in 171
Georgia#401991 in 190
Alabama#411361 in 190
Mississippi#43961 in 192
New Hampshire#43361 in 152
South Carolina#431011 in 203
Vermont#43201 in 141
Maine#44461 in 148
Michigan#492661 in 242
Iowa#501141 in 185
Missouri#501521 in 230
Minnesota#511421 in 207
Indiana#541571 in 250
Wisconsin#551271 in 253
Nebraska#56511 in 227
Florida#571771 in 288
Maryland#57731 in 292
North Carolina#571421 in 262
Alaska#58141 in 238
South Dakota#58261 in 201
Virginia#581071 in 299
Wyoming#58151 in 216
Kansas#59611 in 255
Tennessee#601201 in 266
Illinois#612341 in 339
Pennsylvania#632201 in 333
Massachusetts#64951 in 349
Connecticut#70431 in 383
Oklahoma#70691 in 288
New Jersey#72901 in 460
Washington#72751 in 357
Colorado#73591 in 341
New York#742641 in 418
Idaho#75241 in 332
Ohio#751821 in 423
West Virginia#75381 in 360
District of Columbia#76221 in 349
Delaware#7791 in 395
Kentucky#78701 in 390
Oregon#78481 in 377
Rhode Island#78101 in 512
Utah#85451 in 397
Texas#912961 in 389
Nevada#9291 in 458
Montana#95141 in 392
Hawaii#102141 in 453
New Mexico#138161 in 631
California#1432411 in 701
Arizona#199171 in 1,117

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 1978

girls
#576
298 births · 1 in 5,140 girls
boys
#61
4,942 births · 1 in 332 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #576Corey298

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #61Corey4,942
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,140 of them was named Corey, which outranked 95.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #571Tanika301
  2. #574Brianna299
  3. #574Janette299
  4. #576Corey298
  5. #576Christopher298
  6. #578Alejandra297
  7. #579Corina296
  8. #579Dora296

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

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 332 of them was named Corey, which outranked 99.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #58George5,297
  2. #59Douglas5,151
  3. #60Gary5,111
  4. #61Corey4,942
  5. #62Juan4,837
  6. #63Kyle4,517
  7. #64Larry4,514
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →