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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #60 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 220 boysAKMaine: #37 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 113 boysMEVermont: #38 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 113 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 149 boysNHWashington: #71 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 327 boysWAIdaho: #123 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 576 boysIDMontana: #79 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 276 boysMTNorth Dakota: #143 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 848 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 281 boysMNIllinois: #62 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 308 boysILWisconsin: #70 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 300 boysWIMichigan: #52 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 223 boysMINew York: #65 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 337 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 201 boysMARhode Island: #53 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 198 boysRIOregon: #81 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 345 boysORNevada: #58 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 235 boysNVWyoming: #86 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 295 boysWYSouth Dakota: #85 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 325 boysSDIowa: #92 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 390 boysIAIndiana: #63 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 238 boysINOhio: #47 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 191 boysOHPennsylvania: #54 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 222 boysPANew Jersey: #61 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 316 boysNJConnecticut: #64 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 299 boysCTCalifornia: #136 for boys · 447 births · 1 in 644 boysCAUtah: #123 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 613 boysUTColorado: #86 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 373 boysCONebraska: #94 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 392 boysNEMissouri: #50 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 191 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 154 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 116 boysWVVirginia: #48 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 216 boysVAMaryland: #44 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 176 boysMDDelaware: #77 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 360 boysDEArizona: #115 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 524 boysAZNew Mexico: #144 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 676 boysNMKansas: #74 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 282 boysKSArkansas: #52 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 217 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 179 boysTNNorth Carolina: #49 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 203 boysNCSouth Carolina: #42 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 180 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #85 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 344 boysDCOklahoma: #69 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 258 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 163 boysLAMississippi: #36 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 163 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 153 boysALGeorgia: #46 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 201 boysGAHawaii: #75 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 303 boysHITexas: #83 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 367 boysTXFlorida: #49 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 215 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#35 · 1 in 153
  2. Mississippi#36 · 1 in 163
  3. Louisiana#36 · 1 in 163
  4. Maine#37 · 1 in 113
  5. West Virginia#37 · 1 in 116

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#351731 in 153
Louisiana#361901 in 163
Mississippi#361031 in 163
Maine#37651 in 113
West Virginia#37891 in 116
Vermont#38281 in 113
South Carolina#421291 in 180
Kentucky#431611 in 154
Maryland#441861 in 176
Georgia#462421 in 201
Tennessee#461971 in 179
Massachusetts#472071 in 201
New Hampshire#47481 in 149
Ohio#474181 in 191
Virginia#481951 in 216
Florida#494141 in 215
North Carolina#492271 in 203
Missouri#501951 in 191
Arkansas#52691 in 217
Michigan#523081 in 223
Rhode Island#53331 in 198
Pennsylvania#543611 in 222
Nevada#58391 in 235
Alaska#60201 in 220
New Jersey#611691 in 316
Illinois#622841 in 308
Indiana#631681 in 238
Connecticut#64721 in 299
New York#653991 in 337
Oklahoma#69801 in 258
Minnesota#701101 in 281
Wisconsin#701091 in 300
Washington#711101 in 327
Kansas#74571 in 282
Hawaii#75231 in 303
Delaware#77131 in 360
Montana#79161 in 276
Oregon#81571 in 345
Texas#834181 in 367
District of Columbia#85231 in 344
South Dakota#85141 in 325
Colorado#86651 in 373
Wyoming#8681 in 295
Iowa#92461 in 390
Nebraska#94271 in 392
Arizona#115581 in 524
Idaho#123121 in 576
Utah#123271 in 613
California#1364471 in 644
North Dakota#14351 in 848
New Mexico#144171 in 676

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 1991

girls
#714
295 births · 1 in 6,356 girls
boys
#58
6,931 births · 1 in 291 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #714Corey295

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #58Corey6,931
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 6,356 of them was named Corey, which outranked 95.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #711Elisha297
  2. #711Judy297
  3. #713Kasandra296
  4. #714Corey295
  5. #714Pauline295
  6. #716Brooklyn294
  7. #717Amie293
  8. #717Ieshia293

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 291 of them was named Corey, which outranked 99.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corey
  1. #55Gregory7,555
  2. #56Dustin7,383
  3. #57Scott7,114
  4. #58Corey6,931
  5. #59Derek6,893
  6. #60Juan6,843
  7. #61Bryan6,757
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →