Korey

Where Korey comes from

20th-century American variant of Cory.
— Wiktionary's entry for Korey
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Peak, #427
    485 babies named Korey — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1991
    Korey Smith born
    English association football player
  4. 1995
    Korey Dropkin born
    American curler
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #711.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Korey Smith · English association football player, born 1991
  • Korey Dropkin · American curler, born 1995
  • Korey Jarvis · Canadian wrestler, born 1986
  • Korey Hall · American professional football player, born 1983
  • Korey Stringer · All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, 1974–2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.