Cory
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 95.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 6,266 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 127,179since 1924
Cory over time
Rank among boys' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #1,096 | 197 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #1,176 | 174 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #1,144 | 182 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #991 | 221 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #910 | 245 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #897 | 244 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #894 | 242 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #777 | 301 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #760 | 320 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #722 | 341 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #696 | 357 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #648 | 377 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #641 | 373 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #650 | 362 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #577 | 438 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #499 | 544 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #457 | 608 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #416 | 706 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #429 | 653 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #373 | 773 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #349 | 817 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #320 | 924 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #275 | 1,119 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | #260 | 1,263 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #227 | 1,496 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | #198 | 1,704 |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | #164 | 2,075 |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 | #166 | 2,083 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | #144 | 2,446 |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | #123 | 3,010 |
| 1994 | #1,465 | 108 | #102 | 3,529 |
| 1993 | #1,264 | 135 | #94 | 3,997 |
| 1992 | #1,068 | 170 | #83 | 4,436 |
| 1991 | #1,122 | 158 | #74 | 5,121 |
| 1990 | #971 | 192 | #67 | 5,765 |
| 1989 | #877 | 210 | #61 | 6,450 |
| 1988 | #861 | 206 | #59 | 6,266 |
| 1987 | #829 | 210 | #62 | 5,849 |
| 1986 | #696 | 260 | #68 | 4,871 |
| 1985 | #872 | 184 | #81 | 3,868 |
| 1984 | #754 | 215 | #83 | 3,505 |
| 1983 | #838 | 183 | #83 | 3,404 |
| 1982 | #871 | 177 | #93 | 3,237 |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | #90 | 3,352 |
| 1980 | #772 | 213 | #83 | 3,556 |
| 1979 | #707 | 240 | #82 | 3,587 |
| 1978 | #602 | 283 | #73 | 3,842 |
| 1977 | #618 | 271 | #67 | 4,259 |
| 1976 | #635 | 243 | #83 | 3,182 |
| 1975 | #674 | 222 | #99 | 2,573 |
| 1974 | #782 | 175 | #114 | 2,328 |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | #128 | 2,034 |
| 1972 | #877 | 145 | #136 | 1,957 |
| 1971 | #1,140 | 102 | #150 | 1,985 |
| 1970 | #1,133 | 103 | #164 | 1,762 |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 | #160 | 1,783 |
| 1968 | #1,451 | 61 | #274 | 717 |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | #358 | 438 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 | #356 | 444 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | #361 | 450 |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | #381 | 430 |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 | #405 | 394 |
| 1962 | #1,258 | 77 | #381 | 441 |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 | #373 | 446 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | #427 | 353 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 64 | #454 | 311 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 | #469 | 282 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | #457 | 284 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #560 | 184 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | #508 | 209 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #627 | 139 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #903 | 63 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #1,066 | 46 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cory! It came in at #3,505, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cory is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#49 · 1 in 194
- West Virginia#54 · 1 in 199
- Mississippi#56 · 1 in 266
- Arkansas#58 · 1 in 234
- Kentucky#58 · 1 in 238
Best ever in a state: #26 in North Dakota, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #49 | 411 | 1 in 194 |
| West Virginia | #54 | 52 | 1 in 199 |
| Mississippi | #56 | 63 | 1 in 266 |
| Arkansas | #58 | 64 | 1 in 234 |
| Kentucky | #58 | 104 | 1 in 238 |
| Wisconsin | #59 | 137 | 1 in 239 |
| New Hampshire | #60 | 33 | 1 in 217 |
| Indiana | #61 | 178 | 1 in 225 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 128 | 1 in 276 |
| Nevada | #62 | 36 | 1 in 255 |
| Minnesota | #63 | 127 | 1 in 244 |
| Pennsylvania | #64 | 274 | 1 in 293 |
| South Carolina | #64 | 76 | 1 in 306 |
| Kansas | #66 | 71 | 1 in 226 |
| North Carolina | #66 | 141 | 1 in 327 |
| Florida | #68 | 251 | 1 in 355 |
| Iowa | #68 | 68 | 1 in 264 |
| Missouri | #68 | 138 | 1 in 270 |
| Alabama | #69 | 79 | 1 in 334 |
| Louisiana | #69 | 100 | 1 in 310 |
| Massachusetts | #70 | 112 | 1 in 371 |
| Virginia | #70 | 120 | 1 in 351 |
| Georgia | #71 | 122 | 1 in 399 |
| Rhode Island | #71 | 20 | 1 in 327 |
| Nebraska | #73 | 39 | 1 in 271 |
| South Dakota | #73 | 17 | 1 in 268 |
| Alaska | #75 | 16 | 1 in 275 |
| Colorado | #75 | 76 | 1 in 319 |
| Washington | #75 | 105 | 1 in 343 |
| Michigan | #76 | 191 | 1 in 360 |
| Oregon | #76 | 61 | 1 in 323 |
| Maryland | #77 | 80 | 1 in 409 |
| North Dakota | #78 | 15 | 1 in 283 |
| Idaho | #80 | 23 | 1 in 300 |
| Oklahoma | #80 | 60 | 1 in 345 |
| Utah | #83 | 52 | 1 in 318 |
| Illinois | #84 | 206 | 1 in 425 |
| Vermont | #84 | 9 | 1 in 350 |
| Delaware | #85 | 11 | 1 in 426 |
| Maine | #85 | 20 | 1 in 368 |
| Montana | #86 | 14 | 1 in 316 |
| New York | #88 | 239 | 1 in 562 |
| Arizona | #94 | 75 | 1 in 405 |
| New Jersey | #96 | 91 | 1 in 587 |
| New Mexico | #101 | 29 | 1 in 396 |
| Connecticut | #106 | 32 | 1 in 674 |
| Wyoming | #106 | 6 | 1 in 393 |
| Texas | #112 | 303 | 1 in 506 |
| Hawaii | #121 | 13 | 1 in 535 |
| California | #143 | 426 | 1 in 676 |
| District of Columbia | #237 | 7 | 1 in 1,129 |
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 Cory
- 148 spots since 2024 (#1,096 → #1,244)
- 334 spots since 2020 (#910 → #1,244)
- 522 spots since 2015 (#722 → #1,244)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1954 (#903 → #627)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1952 (#881 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1988 at #59 (6,266 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1975–1993
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1953–2021
- Highest: 1 in 306 boys born in 1988 were named Cory (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.9% of all boys named Cory (44,358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #3,505 (1924) | #3,505 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,549 |
| 1940s | 174 | #1,180 (1945) | #1,833 |
| 1950s | 1,627 | #454 (1959) | #696 |
| 1960s | 5,896 | #160 (1969) | #348 |
| 1970s | 27,509 | #67 (1977) | #110 |
| 1980s | 44,358 | #59 (1988) | #76 |
| 1990s | 34,166 | #67 (1990) | #122 |
| 2000s | 8,903 | #227 (2000) | #361 |
| 2010s | 3,355 | #577 (2010) | #726 |
| 2020s | 1,179 | #910 (2020) | #1,094 |
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.
Cory in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 11,867 of them was named Cory, which outranked 92.7% 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).
- #1,117Paloma159
- #1,117Samara159
- #1,117Shamika159
- #1,122Cory158
- #1,122Christopher158
- #1,122Marion158
- #1,122Merissa158
- #1,128Alyssia157
- #1,128Antionette157
- #1,128Jasmyne157
Tied with 5 names at #1,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 395 of them was named Cory, which outranked 99.2% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.