Corky
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 92.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 610since 1928
Corky over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
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| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Corky! It came in at #3,357, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Corky is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#938 · 1 in 35,218
Best ever in a state: #819 in Texas, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #938 | 5 | 1 in 35,218 |
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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 Corky
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1958 at #1,396 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 68,465 boys born in 1958 were named Corky (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 32.5% of all boys named Corky (198) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1954, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 15 | #2,980 (1929) | #3,169 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,128 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,683 (1944) | #2,411 |
| 1950s | 198 | #1,396 (1958) | #1,843 |
| 1960s | 120 | #1,918 (1965) | #2,619 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,601 (1976) | #3,532 |
| 1980s | 25 | #4,457 (1986) | #4,550 |
| 1990s | 12 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,326 |
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.
Corky in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 292,122 of them was named Corky, which outranked 29.9% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 74,387 of them was named Corky, which outranked 68.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,436Waldo30
- #1,436Wayland30
- #1,436Wynn30
- #1,457Corky29
- #1,457Christy29
- #1,457Curley29
- #1,457Dixon29
- #1,487Americo28
- #1,487Ann28
- #1,487Augustin28
Tied with 29 names at #1,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.