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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #69 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 264 boysAKMaine: #35 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 108 boysMEVermont: #47 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 138 boysVTNew Hampshire: #42 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 125 boysNHWashington: #69 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 316 boysWAIdaho: #72 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 324 boysIDMontana: #86 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 348 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 172 boysNDMinnesota: #64 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 246 boysMNIllinois: #64 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 344 boysILWisconsin: #73 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 361 boysWIMichigan: #55 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 241 boysMINew York: #73 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 406 boysNYMassachusetts: #52 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 232 boysMARhode Island: #56 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 239 boysRIOregon: #73 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 360 boysORNevada: #63 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 290 boysNVWyoming: #85 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 390 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 208 boysSDIowa: #69 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 279 boysIAIndiana: #61 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 253 boysINOhio: #60 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 263 boysOHPennsylvania: #62 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 270 boysPANew Jersey: #74 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 433 boysNJConnecticut: #70 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 363 boysCTCalifornia: #123 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 601 boysCAUtah: #95 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 459 boysUTColorado: #79 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 406 boysCONebraska: #58 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 227 boysNEMissouri: #61 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 266 boysMOKentucky: #51 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 204 boysKYWest Virginia: #59 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 236 boysWVVirginia: #56 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 261 boysVAMaryland: #61 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 275 boysMDDelaware: #64 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 284 boysDEArizona: #96 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 454 boysAZNew Mexico: #82 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 378 boysNMKansas: #66 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 288 boysKSArkansas: #46 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 187 boysARTennessee: #44 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 196 boysTNNorth Carolina: #58 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 280 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 193 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #82 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 395 boysDCOklahoma: #65 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 288 boysOKLouisiana: #37 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 164 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 171 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 169 boysALGeorgia: #46 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 224 boysGAHawaii: #83 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 382 boysHITexas: #80 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 384 boysTXFlorida: #52 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 264 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#35 · 1 in 108
  2. Louisiana#37 · 1 in 164
  3. Alabama#38 · 1 in 169
  4. Mississippi#38 · 1 in 171
  5. New Hampshire#42 · 1 in 125

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#35671 in 108
Louisiana#372071 in 164
Alabama#381501 in 169
Mississippi#381001 in 171
New Hampshire#42561 in 125
South Carolina#431091 in 193
Tennessee#441601 in 196
Arkansas#46791 in 187
Georgia#461971 in 224
Vermont#47241 in 138
Kentucky#511171 in 204
Florida#522891 in 264
Massachusetts#521691 in 232
North Dakota#52301 in 172
Michigan#552651 in 241
Rhode Island#56251 in 239
Virginia#561451 in 261
Nebraska#58491 in 227
North Carolina#581461 in 280
South Dakota#59231 in 208
West Virginia#59471 in 236
Ohio#602871 in 263
Indiana#611461 in 253
Maryland#611031 in 275
Missouri#611351 in 266
Pennsylvania#622861 in 270
Nevada#63221 in 290
Delaware#64141 in 284
Illinois#642321 in 344
Minnesota#641251 in 246
Oklahoma#65781 in 288
Kansas#66601 in 288
Alaska#69181 in 264
Iowa#69651 in 279
Washington#69991 in 316
Connecticut#70561 in 363
Idaho#72211 in 324
New York#733011 in 406
Oregon#73501 in 360
Wisconsin#73921 in 361
New Jersey#741101 in 433
Colorado#79621 in 406
Texas#803811 in 384
District of Columbia#82191 in 395
New Mexico#82301 in 378
Hawaii#83171 in 382
Wyoming#8581 in 390
Montana#86151 in 348
Utah#95361 in 459
Arizona#96601 in 454
California#1233801 in 601

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 1986

girls
#522
394 births · 1 in 4,354 girls
boys
#62
5,762 births · 1 in 320 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #522Corey394

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #62Corey5,762
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 4,354 of them was named Corey, which outranked 95.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #519Chandra398
  2. #520Casandra397
  3. #521Fallon396
  4. #522Corey394
  5. #522Leann394
  6. #524Tori392
  7. #525Maegan391
  8. #526Breanne389

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

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 320 of them was named Corey, which outranked 99.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #59Chad6,026
  2. #60Peter5,797
  3. #61Edward5,777
  4. #62Corey5,762
  5. #63Marcus5,278
  6. #64Alex5,111
  7. #65Juan5,076
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →