Kory
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
Given to boys 91.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 568 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,385since 1952
Kory 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #3,314 | 35 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #2,958 | 42 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #2,269 | 63 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #2,732 | 46 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #2,339 | 58 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #2,109 | 65 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #1,991 | 72 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #1,804 | 83 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #1,920 | 75 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #1,878 | 75 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #1,719 | 86 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #1,816 | 80 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,638 | 96 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #1,341 | 125 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #1,202 | 139 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #1,070 | 155 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #964 | 169 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #973 | 162 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #808 | 207 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #732 | 234 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #687 | 245 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #621 | 295 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #585 | 311 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #558 | 331 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #529 | 365 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | #502 | 403 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #483 | 435 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #471 | 459 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 | #403 | 565 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #388 | 598 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 | #373 | 601 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #360 | 568 |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | #371 | 518 |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 | #396 | 457 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #424 | 410 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #458 | 337 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #472 | 314 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | #474 | 317 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #464 | 320 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | #470 | 317 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 | #475 | 300 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | #460 | 303 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | #434 | 335 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | #477 | 275 |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 | #502 | 254 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #529 | 226 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #556 | 203 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #556 | 206 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #564 | 207 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #546 | 221 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | #543 | 208 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #689 | 120 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #778 | 88 |
| 1966 | — | #830 | 77 | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #724 | 105 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #891 | 73 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #847 | 80 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #862 | 77 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #958 | 64 |
| 1960 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #1,141 | 46 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,163 | 44 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kory! It came in at #3,734, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1953, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Kory is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#93 · 1 in 486
- Montana#137 · 1 in 789
- Utah#159 · 1 in 1,097
- Nebraska#169 · 1 in 1,268
- Iowa#172 · 1 in 1,508
Best ever in a state: #93 in North Dakota, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #93 | 11 | 1 in 486 |
| Montana | #137 | 7 | 1 in 789 |
| Utah | #159 | 16 | 1 in 1,097 |
| Nebraska | #169 | 9 | 1 in 1,268 |
| Iowa | #172 | 14 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Wisconsin | #172 | 19 | 1 in 1,692 |
| Minnesota | #210 | 12 | 1 in 2,398 |
| Kansas | #231 | 8 | 1 in 1,951 |
| Colorado | #285 | 8 | 1 in 2,452 |
| Tennessee | #304 | 11 | 1 in 2,902 |
| Indiana | #306 | 11 | 1 in 3,678 |
| Washington | #308 | 9 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Oregon | #340 | 5 | 1 in 3,498 |
| Oklahoma | #350 | 6 | 1 in 3,309 |
| Louisiana | #355 | 13 | 1 in 2,538 |
| Ohio | #399 | 14 | 1 in 5,535 |
| Missouri | #417 | 6 | 1 in 5,857 |
| Illinois | #424 | 18 | 1 in 4,520 |
| North Carolina | #431 | 8 | 1 in 4,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #453 | 9 | 1 in 8,243 |
| Michigan | #476 | 9 | 1 in 7,147 |
| California | #490 | 30 | 1 in 5,514 |
| Texas | #516 | 21 | 1 in 5,341 |
| New York | #536 | 17 | 1 in 6,684 |
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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 Kory
- 356 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,314)
- 847 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #3,314)
- 1,510 spots since 2015 (#1,804 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1960 (#1,141 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 2002 (#808 → #973)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1988 at #360 (568 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1960–2003
- Highest: 1 in 3,329 boys born in 1989 were named Kory (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #360 in 1988, was only 1 in 3,370 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.9% of all boys named Kory (4,159) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 185 | #1,141 (1959) | #2,114 |
| 1960s | 953 | #543 (1969) | #810 |
| 1970s | 2,530 | #434 (1977) | #510 |
| 1980s | 4,159 | #360 (1988) | #426 |
| 1990s | 4,007 | #388 (1990) | #523 |
| 2000s | 1,549 | #732 (2000) | #1,124 |
| 2010s | 716 | #1,719 (2011) | #2,008 |
| 2020s | 286 | #2,269 (2022) | #2,739 |
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.
Kory in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 39,311 of them was named Kory, which outranked 79.6% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,257Tyler40
- #2,257Tysha40
- #2,257Winnie40
- #2,307Kory39
- #2,307Amaris39
- #2,307Arika39
- #2,307Brandice39
- #2,341Anastacia38
- #2,341Anjelica38
- #2,341Atiya38
Tied with 33 names at #2,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 4,905 of them was named Kory, which outranked 93.7% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.