Korey
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 89.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 485 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,443since 1953
Korey 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #2,438 | 57 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,884 | 81 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #1,805 | 85 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #1,838 | 82 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #1,556 | 106 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #1,625 | 98 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #1,427 | 116 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,314 | 130 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #1,359 | 124 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #1,256 | 141 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #1,090 | 170 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,246 | 141 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #985 | 188 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #879 | 207 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #949 | 177 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #775 | 225 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | #734 | 239 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #700 | 256 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #821 | 195 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #704 | 238 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #702 | 237 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 | #711 | 222 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | #604 | 295 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | #558 | 334 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #564 | 330 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 | #525 | 377 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | #532 | 365 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #474 | 435 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | #438 | 507 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | #427 | 485 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | #456 | 393 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | #466 | 358 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 | #496 | 310 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 | #487 | 317 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #596 | 206 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #675 | 167 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #645 | 174 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | #586 | 215 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #667 | 164 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | #634 | 173 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #533 | 248 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | #655 | 156 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #653 | 158 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #761 | 113 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | #756 | 112 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #711 | 135 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #703 | 140 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #701 | 127 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #898 | 64 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Korey! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Korey is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#199 · 1 in 1,753
- Michigan#211 · 1 in 1,578
- Nevada#229 · 1 in 1,437
- Indiana#234 · 1 in 2,026
- Missouri#255 · 1 in 2,233
Best ever in a state: #163 in New Hampshire, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #199 | 6 | 1 in 1,753 |
| Michigan | #211 | 45 | 1 in 1,578 |
| Nevada | #229 | 6 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Indiana | #234 | 20 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Missouri | #255 | 17 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Wisconsin | #269 | 12 | 1 in 2,774 |
| Ohio | #281 | 28 | 1 in 2,850 |
| Connecticut | #284 | 8 | 1 in 2,821 |
| District of Columbia | #294 | 7 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Kentucky | #298 | 8 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Iowa | #299 | 6 | 1 in 3,088 |
| Pennsylvania | #301 | 27 | 1 in 3,047 |
| Virginia | #322 | 16 | 1 in 2,710 |
| Georgia | #337 | 19 | 1 in 2,640 |
| Massachusetts | #345 | 10 | 1 in 4,402 |
| Louisiana | #361 | 13 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Oregon | #365 | 6 | 1 in 3,370 |
| North Carolina | #369 | 14 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Minnesota | #371 | 6 | 1 in 5,287 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,421 |
| Tennessee | #394 | 9 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Florida | #416 | 25 | 1 in 3,668 |
| Maryland | #431 | 7 | 1 in 4,740 |
| Mississippi | #439 | 5 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Alabama | #453 | 6 | 1 in 4,519 |
| Texas | #466 | 36 | 1 in 4,257 |
| New Jersey | #472 | 10 | 1 in 5,477 |
| Illinois | #475 | 19 | 1 in 4,696 |
| New York | #502 | 26 | 1 in 5,340 |
| Washington | #506 | 6 | 1 in 5,971 |
| Arizona | #560 | 5 | 1 in 6,155 |
| California | #599 | 39 | 1 in 7,443 |
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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 Korey
- 81 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #2,718)
- 903 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #2,718)
- 1,093 spots since 2015 (#1,625 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1968 (#1,388 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 2007 (#985 → #1,246)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1989 at #427 (485 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1968–2006
- Highest: 1 in 4,051 boys born in 1990 were named Korey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #427 in 1989, was only 1 in 4,126 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.2% of all boys named Korey (3,340) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 48 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,074 |
| 1960s | 367 | #701 (1969) | #1,562 |
| 1970s | 1,499 | #533 (1977) | #687 |
| 1980s | 2,826 | #427 (1989) | #543 |
| 1990s | 3,340 | #438 (1990) | #581 |
| 2000s | 1,939 | #700 (2001) | #944 |
| 2010s | 1,042 | #1,284 (2010) | #1,583 |
| 2020s | 382 | #1,815 (2020) | #2,280 |
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.
Korey in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 43,149 of them was named Korey, which outranked 82.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,600Taelor45
- #2,600Tristin45
- #2,600Veronika45
- #2,640Korey44
- #2,640Abigale44
- #2,640Adara44
- #2,640Aislinn44
- #2,695Adelyn43
- #2,695Arin43
- #2,695Barbie43
Tied with 54 names at #2,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 4,051 of them was named Korey, which outranked 95.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.