Kory*
#929 most common boys' name of all time · #2,147 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1952–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#929
Rank overall
#2,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
15,723
Since 2016
645
Peak year
1989 #373
Best rank
#361 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 651/yr
Kory first appears in 1952. 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 | 10 | 35 | 45 | #3,327 |
| 2024 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #2,705 |
| 2022 | 13 | 63 | 76 | #2,278 |
| 2021 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #2,750 |
| 2020 | 13 | 52 | 65 | #2,487 |
| 2019 | 7 | 58 | 65 | #2,347 |
| 2018 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #2,553 |
| 2017 | 9 | 65 | 74 | #2,113 |
| 2016 | 22 | 72 | 94 | #1,998 |
| 2015 | 18 | 83 | 101 | #1,808 |
| 2014 | 14 | 75 | 89 | #1,930 |
| 2013 | 12 | 75 | 87 | #1,886 |
| 2012 | 8 | 72 | 80 | #1,969 |
| 2011 | 9 | 86 | 95 | #1,722 |
| 2010 | 6 | 80 | 86 | #1,822 |
| 2009 | 7 | 96 | 103 | #1,639 |
| 2008 | 6 | 119 | 125 | #1,416 |
| 2007 | 13 | 125 | 138 | #1,346 |
| 2006 | 9 | 139 | 148 | #1,209 |
| 2005 | 12 | 155 | 167 | #1,071 |
| 2004 | 12 | 143 | 155 | #1,108 |
| 2003 | 12 | 169 | 181 | #966 |
| 2002 | 12 | 162 | 174 | #975 |
| 2001 | 15 | 207 | 222 | #809 |
| 2000 | 12 | 234 | 246 | #733 |
| 1999 | 16 | 245 | 261 | #688 |
| 1998 | 26 | 295 | 321 | #623 |
| 1997 | 22 | 311 | 333 | #585 |
| 1996 | 23 | 331 | 354 | #558 |
| 1995 | 27 | 365 | 392 | #529 |
| 1994 | 34 | 403 | 437 | #505 |
| 1993 | 28 | 435 | 463 | #483 |
| 1992 | 31 | 459 | 490 | #471 |
| 1991 | 32 | 565 | 597 | #403 |
| 1990 | 26 | 598 | 624 | #388 |
| 1989 | 50 | 601 | 651 | #373 |
| 1988 | 26 | 568 | 594 | #361 |
| 1987 | 44 | 518 | 562 | #371 |
| 1986 | 49 | 457 | 506 | #396 |
| 1985 | 30 | 410 | 440 | #425 |
| 1984 | 36 | 337 | 373 | #458 |
| 1983 | 24 | 314 | 338 | #472 |
| 1982 | 33 | 317 | 350 | #476 |
| 1981 | 27 | 320 | 347 | #465 |
| 1980 | 32 | 317 | 349 | #472 |
| 1979 | 44 | 300 | 344 | #475 |
| 1978 | 32 | 303 | 335 | #462 |
| 1977 | 39 | 335 | 374 | #434 |
| 1976 | 35 | 275 | 310 | #479 |
| 1975 | 35 | 254 | 289 | #502 |
| 1974 | 24 | 226 | 250 | #532 |
| 1973 | 25 | 203 | 228 | #558 |
| 1972 | 29 | 206 | 235 | #557 |
| 1971 | 19 | 207 | 226 | #566 |
| 1970 | 14 | 221 | 235 | #549 |
| 1969 | 25 | 208 | 233 | #544 |
| 1968 | 14 | 120 | 134 | #692 |
| 1967 | 11 | 88 | 99 | #781 |
| 1966 | — | 77 | 77 | #834 |
| 1965 | 8 | 105 | 113 | #730 |
| 1964 | 12 | 73 | 85 | #894 |
| 1963 | 14 | 80 | 94 | #850 |
| 1962 | 13 | 77 | 90 | #870 |
| 1961 | 12 | 64 | 76 | #966 |
| 1960 | — | 61 | 61 | #980 |
| 1959 | 14 | 46 | 60 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,413 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,237 |