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.

Cory

#261 most common boys' name of all time · #568 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#261
Rank overall
#568 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
133,778
Since 2016
2,424
Peak year
1989 #61
Best rank
#59 1988
Girls Boys peak 6,660/yr
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Cory first appears in 1924. 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
2025 14 160 174 #1,245
2024 16 197 213 #1,096
2023 13 174 187 #1,179
2022 23 182 205 #1,145
2021 13 221 234 #993
2020 11 245 256 #912
2019 10 244 254 #899
2018 9 242 251 #897
2017 15 301 316 #781
2016 14 320 334 #762
2015 11 341 352 #723
2014 10 357 367 #697
2013 13 377 390 #648
2012 13 373 386 #642
2011 15 362 377 #650
2010 18 438 456 #577
2009 15 544 559 #500
2008 22 608 630 #458
2007 22 706 728 #416
2006 19 653 672 #429
2005 18 773 791 #373
2004 15 817 832 #349
2003 25 924 949 #320
2002 30 1,119 1,149 #275
2001 33 1,263 1,296 #260
2000 35 1,496 1,531 #228
1999 55 1,704 1,759 #198
1998 55 2,075 2,130 #164
1997 69 2,083 2,152 #166
1996 77 2,446 2,523 #144
1995 100 3,010 3,110 #123
1994 108 3,529 3,637 #102
1993 135 3,997 4,132 #94
1992 170 4,436 4,606 #83
1991 158 5,121 5,279 #74
1990 192 5,765 5,957 #67
1989 210 6,450 6,660 #61
1988 206 6,266 6,472 #59
1987 210 5,849 6,059 #62
1986 260 4,871 5,131 #68
1985 184 3,868 4,052 #81
1984 215 3,505 3,720 #83
1983 183 3,404 3,587 #83
1982 177 3,237 3,414 #93
1981 213 3,352 3,565 #90
1980 213 3,556 3,769 #83
1979 240 3,587 3,827 #82
1978 283 3,842 4,125 #73
1977 271 4,259 4,530 #67
1976 243 3,182 3,425 #83
1975 222 2,573 2,795 #99
1974 175 2,328 2,503 #114
1973 159 2,034 2,193 #128
1972 145 1,957 2,102 #136
1971 102 1,985 2,087 #150
1970 103 1,762 1,865 #164
1969 91 1,783 1,874 #160
1968 61 717 778 #275
1967 47 438 485 #359
1966 35 444 479 #356
1965 41 450 491 #361
1964 55 430 485 #382
1963 71 394 465 #405
1962 77 441 518 #381
1961 69 446 515 #373
1960 70 353 423 #428
1959 64 311 375 #454
1958 61 282 343 #470
1957 50 284 334 #458
1956 33 184 217 #561
1955 37 209 246 #508
1954 26 139 165 #629
1953 19 63 82 #906
1952 16 46 62 #1,078
1951 20 63 83 #891
1950 15 46 61 #1,051
1949 17 26 43 #1,461
1948 14 26 40 #1,458
1947 12 25 37 #1,517
1946 17 17 #1,811
1945 8 31 39 #1,203
1944 17 17 #1,736
1943 14 14 #2,069
1942 13 13 #2,135
1941 5 5 #3,939
1936 5 5 #3,976
1932 5 5
1924 7 7 #3,857