Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Corky*

#6,176 most common boys' name of all time · #15,401 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1928–1991 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,176
Rank overall
#15,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
661
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1957 #1,486
Best rank
#1,417 1958
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
194019601980

Corky first appears in 1928. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1991 — 5 5 #8,539
1990 — 7 7 #6,600
1986 — 9 9 #4,593
1985 — 8 8 #4,852
1980 — 8 8 #4,651
1979 — 6 6 #5,596
1978 — 11 11 #3,492
1977 — 10 10 #3,697
1976 — 16 16 #2,659
1975 — 11 11 #3,341
1974 — 9 9 #3,693
1973 — 13 13 #2,795
1972 — 9 9 #3,497
1971 — 8 8 #3,813
1970 — 7 7 #4,038
1969 — 6 6 #4,188
1968 — 10 10 #2,856
1967 — 13 13 #2,319
1966 — 9 9 #2,921
1965 — 17 17 #1,971
1964 — 5 5 #4,378
1963 — 15 15 #2,187
1962 — 17 17 #2,014
1961 — 15 15 #2,230
1960 — 13 13 #2,399
1959 5 24 29 #1,657
1958 — 31 31 #1,417
1957 7 29 36 #1,486
1956 5 17 22 #2,006
1955 — 22 22 #1,678
1954 11 9 20 #2,910
1953 — 15 15 #2,092
1952 5 20 25 #1,745
1951 — 18 18 #1,833
1950 — 13 13 #2,199
1949 — 8 8 #2,997
1948 7 16 23 #1,940
1947 6 12 18 #2,350
1946 — 10 10 #2,526
1945 — 14 14 #1,925
1944 — 17 17 #1,737
1943 — 7 7 #3,215
1942 — 11 11 #2,380
1941 — 6 6 #3,476
1940 — 7 7 #3,114
1937 — 6 6 #3,502
1936 — 7 7 #3,138
1935 — 7 7 #3,242
1933 — 6 6 #3,622
1931 — 6 6 #3,741
1929 5 8 13 #3,242
1928 — 7 7 #3,687