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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |